Gustave Moreau

{"Id":78,"Name":"Gustave Moreau","Biography":"MOREAU, GUSTAVE (1826-1898), French painter, was born in Paris on the 6th of April 1826. His father was an architect, who, discerning the lad\u0027s promise, sent him to study under \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/picot_francois-edouard.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPicot\u003C/a\u003E, a second-rate artist but clever teacher. The only influence which really affected Moreau\u0027s development was that of the painter \u003Ca href=\u0022/pages/artist.php?artistid=665\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EChasseriau\u003C/a\u003E (1819-1857), with whom he was intimate when they both lived in the Rue Frochot, and of whom we find reminiscences even in his later works. Moreau\u0027s first picture was a \u003Cu\u003EPieta\u003C/u\u003E (1852), now in the cathedral at Angouleme. In the Salon of 1853 he exhibited a \u003Cu\u003EScene from the Song of Songs\u003C/u\u003E (now in the Dijon Museum) and the \u003Cu\u003EDeath of Darius\u003C/u\u003E (in the Moreau Gallery, Paris), both conspicuously under the influence of Chasseriau. To the Great Exhibition of 1855 he sent the \u003Cu\u003EAthenians with the Minotaur\u003C/u\u003E (in the Museum at Bourg-en-Bresse) and \u003Cu\u003EMoses putting off his Sandals within Sight of the Promised Land\u003C/u\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003EOedipus and the Sphinx\u003C/u\u003E, begun in 1862, and exhibited at the Salon of 1864, marked the beginning of his best period, during which he chose his subjects from history, religion, legend and fancy. In 1865 he exhibited \u003Cu\u003EMedea and Jason\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EThe Young Man and Death\u003C/u\u003E; in 1866, the \u003Cu\u003EHead of Orpheus\u003C/u\u003E (in, the Luxembourg Gallery); \u003Cu\u003EHesiod and the Muse\u003C/u\u003E, a drawing; and \u003Cu\u003EThe Pen\u003C/u\u003E, a drawing; \u003Cu\u003EPrometheus\u003C/u\u003E (in the Moreau Gallery); \u003Cu\u003EJupiter and Europa\u003C/u\u003E, a \u003Cu\u003EPieta\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EThe Saint and the Poet\u003C/u\u003E, in 1869. After working in obscurity for seven years, he reappeared at the Salon in 1876 with \u003Cu\u003EHercules and the Hydra\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003ESaint Sebastian\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003ESalome Dancing\u003C/u\u003E (presented to the Luxembourg by M. Hayem); and in 1878 with \u003Cu\u003EThe Sphinx\u0027s Riddle solved\u003C/u\u003E. \u003Cu\u003EJacob\u003C/u\u003E, and \u003Cu\u003EMoses on the Nile\u003C/u\u003E. Moreau exhibited for the last time at the Salon of 1880, when he contributed \u003Cu\u003EHelen\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EGalatea\u003C/u\u003E; to the Great Exhibition of 1889 he again sent the \u003Cu\u003EGalatea\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EThe Young Man and Death\u003C/u\u003E. He took prize medals at the Salon in 1864, 1865, 1869 and 1878. He was made knight of the Legion of Honour in 1875 and officer in 1883. He succeeded \u003Ca href=\u0022/pages/artist.php?artistid=50\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EDelaunay\u003C/a\u003E as professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and his teaching was highly popular. When he died, on the 18th of April 1898, he bequeathed to the state his house, containing about 8000 pictures, water-colours, cartoons and drawings, which form the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.musee-moreau.fr/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EMoreau Gallery\u003C/a\u003E, one of the best organized collections in Paris, arranged by M. Rupp, his executor, and, together with Delaunay and \u003Ca href=\u0022/pages/artist.php?artistid=184\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EFromentin\u003C/a\u003E, one of his closest friends.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESelect Bibliography:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/u\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EFlat, Paul. \u003Cu\u003ELe Musee Gustave Moreau\u003C/u\u003E. Paris, 1900.\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003ELacambre, Genevieve. \u003Cu\u003EDiscoveries Gustave Moreau\u003C/u\u003E. Harry N Abrams; (June 1999).\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EMathieu, Pierre-Louis. \u003Cu\u003EGustave Moreau\u003C/u\u003E. Flammarion; (October 1996).\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EMathieu, Pierre-Louis. \u003Cu\u003EGustave Moreau: The Watercolors\u003C/u\u003E. Hudson Hills Pr; (November 1985).\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EMathieu, Pierre-Louis. \u003Cu\u003EGustave Moreau : with a catalogue of the finished paintings, watercolors, and drawings\u003C/u\u003E. New York Graphic Society; 1st U.S. ed. edition.\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003EPaladilhe, Jean. \u003Cu\u003EGustave Moreau\u003C/u\u003E. Thames and Hudson.\u003Cli type=\u0022square\u0022\u003ERenan, Ary. \u003Cu\u003EMoreau\u003C/u\u003E. Paris, 1900.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://31.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MO/MOREAU_GUSTAVE.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":true,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":true,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":true,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":149}