Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau (Known as "The High Priest of Symbolism")

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Born Apr 06, 1826

Paris, Kingdom of France

Passed Away Apr 18, 1898 Paris, French Third Republic

Lifespan 72 years old

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"I do not believe in what I touch or what I see; I believe only in what I do not see, and solely in what I feel."

Archival Overview

Patriarch of French Symbolism whose jewel-encrusted, mythological masterworks like 'The Apparition' and 'Jupiter and Semele' mentored Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault.

Biographical Record

Gustave Moreau (1826–1898 CE) retreated into his private mansion workshop in Paris to paint exotic, dreamlike visions drawn from Greek mythology and biblical legends.

His works like The Apparition (Salome gazing upon the severed, glowing head of the Baptist) fused rich impasto with mystical decadence; as professor at the Beaux-Arts, he nurtured the Fauvist revolution.

Key Life Milestones

1876

The Apparition (L'Apparition)

Exhibited his radiant watercolor of Salome confronted by the glowing head of John the Baptist, immortalized in Huysmans' novel À rebours.

1895

Jupiter and Semele

Completed his jewel-like encyclopedic canvas of divine revelation and the mortal incinerated by pure beauty.

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Final Resting Place

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Montmartre Cemetery
Paris, France

                         GPS: 48.8878, 2.3300                    

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