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Gustave Moreau

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Fan account of Gustave Moreau, a major figure in French Symbolist painting. 1826-1898 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 1h

Aphrodite www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 2h

Fairy and Griffon www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/f…

Fairy and Griffon

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 17h

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra www.artic.edu/artworks/20579

Gustave Moreau developed a highly personal vision that combined history, myth, mysticism, and a fascination with the exotic and bizarre. Rooted in the Romantic tradition, Moreau focused on the expression of timeless enigmas of human existence rather than on recording or capturing the realities of the material world.
Long fascinated with the myth of Hercules, Moreau gave his fertile imagination free rein in Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra. Looming above an almost primordial ooze of brown paint is the seven-headed Hydra, a serpentine monster whose dead and dying victims lie strewn about a swampy ground. Calm and youthful, Hercules stands amid the carnage, weapon in hand, ready to sever the Hydra’s seventh, “immortal” head, which he will later bury.
Despite the violence of the subject, the painting seems eerily still, almost frozen. Reinforcing this mysterious quality is Moreau’s ability to combine suggestive, painterly passages with obsessive detail. The precision of his draftsmanship and the otherworldliness of his palette are the result of his painstaking methods; he executed numerous preliminary studies for every detail in the composition. In contrast to such exactitude, the artist also made bold, colorful watercolors that eschew detail, as exercises to resolve issues of composition and lighting.
Moreau seems to have intended this mythological painting to express contemporary political concerns. He was profoundly affected by France’s humiliating military defeat by Prussia in 1870–71. Whether or not Hercules literally personifies France and the Hydra represents Prussia, this monumental work portrays a moral battle between the forces of good and evil, and of light and darkness, with intensity and power.

Gift of Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 22h

The Unicorns www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Unicorns

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Promethée www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/p…

Promethée

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rea and Captives www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/r…

Rea and Captives

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Victorious Sphinx www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Victorious Sphinx

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The park and the angel of death www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The park and the angel of death

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Sirens www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Sirens

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saint George www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Saint George

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Self-portrait www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Self-portrait

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Heridias Salome www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/h…

Heridias Salome

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jason www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/j…

Jason

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Abduction of the Young Venetian Woman by Cypriot Pirates www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/a…

Abduction of the Young Venetian Woman by Cypriot Pirates

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christ in the Garden www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/c…

Christ in the Garden

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Sphinx Defeated www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Sphinx Defeated

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Ballad www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Ballad

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Saint George, after Vittore Carpaccio www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Saint George, after Vittore Carpaccio

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Horseman www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/h…

Horseman

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oedipus the Wayfarer www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/o…

Oedipus the Wayfarer

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

View of the Garden of Madame Aupick, Mother of Baudelaire www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/v…

View of the Garden of Madame Aupick, Mother of Baudelaire

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Salome Dancing before Herod www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Salome Dancing before Herod

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Woman and Panther (Salome and the Panther) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/w…

Woman and Panther (Salome and the Panther)

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Peacock complaining to Juno www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Peacock complaining to Juno

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Daughters of Thespius www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Daughters of Thespius

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Portrait of Degas in Florence www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/p…

Portrait of Degas in Florence

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Song of Songs www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Song of Songs

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Chimera www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

The Chimera

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Saint Sebastian www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Saint Sebastian

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oedipus and the Sphinx www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Bequest of William H. Herriman, 1920

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hesiod and the Muse www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/h…

Hesiod and the Muse

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

St. Cecilia (The Angels Announcing her Coming Martyrdom) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

St. Cecilia (The Angels Announcing her Coming Martyrdom)

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Salomé www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Salomé

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nu. Draft www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/n…

Nu. Draft

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Voices of Evening www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/v…

Voices of Evening

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Helene glorifee www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/h…

Helene glorifee

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Galatea www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Saint Sebastian and the Angel www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Near the Water www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/n…

Near the Water

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Woman Bathing www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/w…

Woman Bathing

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Young Moses www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/y…

Young Moses

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Humanity: The Golden Age depicting three scenes from the lives of Adam and Eve; The Silver Age depicting three scenes from Orpheus: the... www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/h…

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

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Study for the head of `Oedipus www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Study for the head of `Oedipus

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Salome Dancing www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Salome Dancing

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Male nude and other studies www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/m…

Male nude and other studies

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Diomedes Being Eaten by his Horses www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/d…

Diomedes Being Eaten by his Horses

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Salome (Entering the Banquet Room) www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

Salome (Entering the Banquet Room)

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Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Third Station of the Cross www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/t…

Third Station of the Cross

Gustave Moreau @gmoreau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

St. Sebastian and the Angel www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-moreau/s…

St. Sebastian and the Angel