Théodore Chassériau
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Théodore Chassériau was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Alge
A self-portrait of Chassériau painted at the age of 16
The Toilette of Esther, 1841, oil on canvas, 45.5 x 35.5 cm, Paris, Louvre
Statue of painter Théodore Chassériau located in Santa Bárbara de Samaná
Venus Anadyomene, 1838, Paris, Louvre
Gustave Moreau
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Gustave Moreau was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence". He was an influential forerunner of symbolism in th
Théodore Chassériau
…and infinitely rich impressions suggested to him by the themes he chooses". His work had a significant impact on the style of Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau, and—through those artists' influence—reverberations in the work of Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse. There is in Paris a Society for the painter…
Self-portrait of Gustave Moreau, 1850
The Chimera (1867), oil on panel, 33 x 27.3 cm., Fogg Museum
Louis Moreau (c. 1850), oil on canvas, 45 x 31 cm., Musée Gustave Moreau
Pauline Moreau (no date), oil on canvas, Musée Gustave Moreau