For the show at the Salon, Moreau chose the watercolor version, and left this oil painting in the workshop along with two other, smaller canvases, which also showed scenes with
Muse, leaving his father Apollo by Gustave Moreau
Creativity Gustave Moreau was divorced from the realities of the French life of the XIX century. He created mythological and religious paintings, fashionable for the time. The artist created his
Bathsheba by Gustave Moreau
According to the Bible, Bathsheba was a woman of rare beauty. King David, walking on the roof of his palace, saw Beersheba bathing downstairs. Her husband, Uriah the Hittite, was
Sirens by Gustave Moreau
From the 1870s, Moro’s heightened interest in color led the artist to experiment with an abstract composition, the basis of which was a bold, carefully thought out contrast of tones.
Salome Dancing Before Herod by Gustave Moreau
Literature, painting and art as a whole knows the themes, motifs, and plots, called the “eternal.” No, no, of course, nothing lasts forever, and time mercilessly passes through the sand
Apollo and the Nine Muses by Gustave Moreau
Apollo was the only god whom the Romans, in many respects imitating the Greeks and Greek culture, did not pick up another name. Why is the image of Apollo often
Jupiter and Semela by Gustave Moreau
Not a single canvas demonstrates Moreau’s faith in the “need for luxury” as vividly as the painting “Jupiter and Semele,” on which the artist worked on for several years. He
Prometheus by Gustave Moreau
Retelling the myth of Titan Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to people, is not particularly necessary. This myth is not without reason one of the
Thracian girl with the head of Orpheus on his lyre by Gustave Moreau
In his “red notebook” Moreau noted the following about this picture: “The girl finds the head of Orpheus floating on the water and his lyre. She reverently pulls them out
Diomedes devouring his horses by Gustave Moreau
French painter Gustave Moreau loved to paint in mythological genre. The painting “Diomedes devoured by his horses” was painted by the artist in 1865. The plot is borrowed from ancient
Phaeton by Gustave Moreau
The first car inevitably had to be like a wagon or cart – after all, it was created not from scratch, but on the principle of analogy, similarity. Carts and
Saint George and the Dragon by Gustave Moreau
St. George, striking a dragon, is a very popular plot in Renaissance painting. In the XIX century, interest in this topic with a new force manifested itself primarily in England,
Oedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau
The works of Gustave Moreau, a French artist, were closely associated with symbolism. But the nature of his work was different. The main principle of the artist was the principle
Unicorns by Gustave Moreau
Very often, the source of Moro’s inspiration became works of medieval art. The artist believed that medieval symbols could be used to spiritualize contemporary art. Moreau hundreds of times copied
Samson and Delilah by Gustave Moreau
Gustave Moreau was brought up in the classical Western tradition, but a great influence on the artist had his acquaintance with the exotic culture of distant countries, from different times