Gustave Moreau was a legendary French painter born in Paris in 1826. He displayed an early talent for drawing, and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he received traditional academic training in painting. Moreau’s works fell out of favor but had a revival in the 1960s, decades after his death.
One fascinating fact about Moreau is that he instructed two famous French artists, Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault. His paintings emphasize ornamental and sexual aspects of subjects with heavy impasto and glints of bright color.
Moreau’s works have been described as an intricate harmony between opposing artistic qualities like sensuality and reverence, beauty and grotesque forms. The complex interplay of these elements makes his paintings timeless pieces exemplifying Symbolism, his favorite style.
Despite criticism over some controversial pieces portraying mythological or religious themes using vivid colors with symbolic subject matters, Gustave Moreau remains one of the most renowned painters from France with influential Art Nouveau style credentials showcasing great technique while executing complex techniques to create artworks that captivate art enthusiasts worldwide.
All Gustave Moreau Artwork on Artchive
| Artwork Name |
Year |
Medium |
| Salome |
c.1875 |
watercolor |
| Salomé |
c.1880 |
|
| Salome Carrying the Head of John the Baptist on a Platter |
c.1876 |
oil,board |
| Salome Dancing |
c.1886 |
watercolor |
| Salome dancing before Herod |
c.1875 |
oil,canvas |
| Salome (Entering the Banquet Room) |
c.1875 |
watercolor |
| Saint Sebastian |
1870 - 1875 |
oil,canvas |
| Saint Sebastian and His Executioners |
c.1870 |
oil,canvas |
| Saint Sebastian being Tended by Saintly Women |
c.1869 |
oil |
| Salome Dancing before Herod |
1876 |
oil,canvas |
| Salome in Prison |
c.1873 - 1876 |
oil,canvas |
| Salome in the Garden |
1878 |
watercolor |
| Salome with Column |
c.1885 - 1890 |
watercolor |
| Samson and Delilah |
1882 |
watercolor |
| Sappho |
1893 |
|
| Sappho in Leucadia |
1880 |
watercolor |
| Sappho on the Cliff |
c.1872 |
watercolor |
| Sappho on the Rocks |
c.1869 - 1872 |
watercolor |
| Satyrs |
1892 |
watercolor |
| Self-portrait |
1850 |
oil,canvas |
| Abduction of the Young Venetian Woman by Cypriot Pirates |
1851 |
oil,canvas |
| Abstract (study) |
c.1890 |
oil,board |
| A esfinge vencedora |
|
|
| After |
1865 |
gouache,ink,paper |
| Alice |
1855 |
oil,canvas |
| An Arabian Singer |
1884 |
watercolor |
| Apollo and The Nine Muses |
1856 |
oil,canvas |
| Apollo Receiving the Shepherds' Offerings |
1895 |
oil |
| Apollo Vanquishing the Serpent Python |
c.1885 |
oil |
| Self-portrait |
1872 |
ink,canvas |
| Shepherds Viewing Passing Soldiers |
|
oil,canvas |
| Silver Age (Orpheus) |
1886 |
|
| Song of songs |
1853 |
oil,canvas |
| St. Cecilia (The Angels Announcing her Coming Martyrdom) |
1897 |
oil,canvas |
| St. Elisabeth of Hungary (The Miracle of the Roses) |
1879 |
watercolor |
| St. Sebastian and the Angel |
1876 |
oil,wood |
| Study for the head of `Oedipus |
c.1860 |
|
| Study of Helen |
c.1890 |
oil,cardboard |
| Study puff adder |
|
watercolor |
| Arabian Poet (Persian) |
1886 |
watercolor |
| Arion |
1891 |
|
| Bathsheba |
c.1885 - c.1886 |
gouache,watercolor |
| Christ in the Garden |
c.1880 |
oil,canvas |
| Cleopatra |
c.1887 |
watercolor |
| Copy of Raphael's Cherub |
1858 |
|
| Dalila |
c.1890 |
watercolor |
| David |
1878 |
|
| Dead poet borne by centaur |
c.1890 |
gouache,watercolor,paper |
| Susanna and the Elders |
c.1895 |
|
| The Abduction of Europa |
c.1869 |
watercolor |
| The Angels of Sodom |
c.1890 |
oil,canvas |
| The Apparition |
1876 |
watercolor |
| The Ballad |
c.1885 |
watercolor |
| The Birth of Venus |
c.1866 |
oil,canvas |
| The Chimera |
1856 |
|
| The Chimera |
1867 |
oil |
| The Chimera |
1867 |
oil |
| The Daughters of Thespius |
1853 |
oil,canvas |
| Chimera |
c.1884 |
watercolor |
| Death Offers Crowns to the Winner of the Tournament |
c.1855 - c.1860 |
oil,canvas |
| Death of Sappho |
c.1870 |
oil,canvas |
| Degas portrait in the Uffizi |
1859 |
|
| Desdemona |
c.1875 |
oil |
| Diomedes Being Eaten by his Horses |
1865 |
oil,canvas |
| Diomedes Devoured by his Horses |
1866 |
|
| Eve |
1885 |
watercolor |
| Evening and Sorrow |
c.1882 |
watercolor |
| Fairy and Griffon |
1876 |
|
| Four studies of snakes |
|
|
| The Death of Sappho |
c.1872 - 1875 |
oil,canvas |
| The Death of Sappho |
c.1873 - 1876 |
oil |
| The Dream Haunting the Mogul |
c.1881 |
watercolor |
| The Education of Achilles |
|
oil,canvas |
| The Evening |
1887 |
watercolor |
| The Execution of Messalina |
1874 |
oil,watercolor,canvas |
| The Fiancee of the Night (The Song of Songs) |
c.1892 |
oil |
| The Good Samaritan |
c.1870 |
oil,canvas |
| The Martyred St. Sebastian |
1869 |
oil |
| The Muses Leaving their Father Apollo to Go Out and Light the World |
1868 |
oil,canvas |
| Galatea |
c.1896 |
watercolor |
| Galatea |
c.1880 |
oil,wood |
| Giotto |
c.1882 |
watercolor |
| Goddess on the Rocks |
c.1890 |
watercolor |
| Helene glorifee |
1896 - 1897 |
watercolor |
| Helen on the Walls of Troy |
c.1885 |
watercolor |
| Hercules and the Hydra Lernaean |
1876 |
oil,canvas |
| Hercules at Lake Stymphalos |
1875 - 1880 |
oil,canvas |
| Heridias Salome |
1888 |
watercolor |
| Hesiod and the Muse |
1870 |
oil,canvas |
| The Mystic Flower |
1890 |
oil,canvas |
| The park and the angel of death |
1890 |
oil,canvas |
| The Peacock complaining to Juno |
1881 |
watercolor |
| The Pierides |
1886 - 1889 |
oil,canvas |
| The Poet and the Saint |
1868 |
watercolor |
| The Prodigal Son |
1890 |
oil,canvas |
| The Raising of Ganymede |
1886 |
watercolor |
| The Sirens |
c.1872 |
|
| The Song of Songs |
1893 |
watercolor |
| Oedipus and the Sphinx |
1864 |
oil,canvas |
| Hesiod and the Muse |
1891 |
oil,wood |
| Hesiod and the Muses |
1860 |
oil,canvas |
| Horseman |
c.1852 - c.1854 |
oil,canvas |
| Humanity: The Golden Age depicting three scenes from the lives of Adam and Eve; The Silver Age depicting three scenes from Orpheus: the Iron Age depicting three scenes from the lives of Cain and Abel |
1886 |
|
| Ibis |
1876 |
watercolor |
| Inspiration |
c.1893 |
watercolor |
| Jacob and the Angel |
1878 |
|
| Jason |
1865 |
oil,canvas |
| Jupiter and Semele |
1889 - 1895 |
oil,canvas |
| Jupiter and Semele |
1895 |
oil,canvas |
| The Sphinx Defeated |
c.1878 |
oil,board |
| The Suitors |
1862 |
oil,canvas |
| The Toilet |
c.1885 - 1890 |
oil,watercolor |
| The Triumph of Alexander the Great |
c.1886 - 1892 |
oil |
| The Unicorn |
c.1885 |
oil,canvas |
| The Unicorne |
1884 - 1885 |
oil,canvas |
| The Unicorns |
c.1885 |
oil,canvas |
| The Victorious Sphinx |
1886 |
watercolor |
| The Voices |
1867 |
gouache,watercolor,paper |
| The Wicked Rich and the Poor Lazarus |
c.1875 - 1878 |
watercolor |
| Leda |
c.1875 - c.1880 |
gouache,watercolor |
| Leda |
1865 - 1875 |
|
| Male nude |
1860 |
|
| Male nude and other studies |
1858 |
|
| Near the Water |
1896 |
watercolor |
| Night |
c.1880 |
gouache,watercolor |
| Nu. Draft |
c.1890 |
watercolor |
| Oedipus the Wayfarer |
c.1888 |
oil,canvas |
| Orestes and the Erinyes |
1891 |
oil,canvas |
| Orpheus at the Tomb of Eurydice |
1891 |
oil,canvas |
| The Young Man and Death |
1865 |
oil,canvas |
| The Traveling Poet |
1890 - 1891 |
oil,canvas |
| Third Station of the Cross |
|
|
| Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus |
1864 |
gouache,watercolor,paper |
| Two Modern Horsewomen |
c.1852 |
watercolor |
| Venice |
c.1885 |
watercolor |
| Victim |
|
oil,canvas |
| View of the Garden of Madame Aupick, Mother of Baudelaire |
c.1864 |
watercolor |
| View of the Villa Borthese |
1858 |
watercolor |
| Voices of Evening |
c.1885 |
watercolor |
| Pasiphae and the Bul |
c.1876 - 1880 |
watercolor |
| Perseus and Andromeda |
c.1870 |
oil |
| Perseus and Andromeda |
c.1867 - 1869 |
watercolor |
| Phaethon |
1878 |
oil,canvas |
| Phoebus and Boreas |
c.1879 |
watercolor |
| Pieta |
1867 |
|
| Pieta |
c.1876 |
|
| Pieta |
1854 |
oil,canvas |
| Portrait of Degas in Florence |
1858 |
|
| Portrait of Eugene `Lacheur |
1852 |
graphite,paper |
| Woman and Panther (Salome and the Panther) |
c.1880 |
watercolor |
| Woman Bathing |
c.1890 |
watercolor |
| Woman with the Pink Ibis |
|
|
| Young Moses |
|
oil,canvas |
| Young Thracian Woman Carrying the Head of Orpheus |
c.1875 |
oil |
| Prince Hamlet kill King Claudius |
|
|
| Promethée |
1868 |
oil,watercolor,canvas |
| Rea and Captives |
c.1878 - 1880 |
watercolor |
| Removal Dejanira |
c.1860 |
|
| Saint George |
1889 - 1890 |
|
| Saint George |
1869 |
oil,canvas |
| Saint George, after Vittore Carpaccio |
1858 |
|
| Saint Margaret |
1873 |
oil,canvas |
| Saint Martin |
c.1882 |
oil |
| Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan |
c.1882 |
watercolor |
| Hesiod and the Muse |
1857 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Jason |
1865 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Orpheus |
1865 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Apparition |
1876 |
Oil on Canvas |
