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Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau
Self-portrait of Gustave Moreau, 1850
Personal information
NameGustave Moreau
NationalityFrench
FieldPainting
TrainingFrançois-Édouard Picot
MovementSymbolism
Influenced byThéodore Chassériau

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Gustave Moreau (6 April 1826 - 18 April 1898) was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists.


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