French painter, Gustave Moreau can be considered as the painter symbolist par excellence.
Son of an architect from the City of Paris, he very early revealed gifts for drawing and painting. Encouraged by his parents, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1846 in François Picot's studio. He admired Delacroix, ...
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French painter, Gustave Moreau can be considered as the painter symbolist par excellence.
Son of an architect from the City of Paris, he very early revealed gifts for drawing and painting. Encouraged by his parents, he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1846 in François Picot's studio. He admired Delacroix, whose style marked his first paintings like the Pietà, exhibited at the 1852 salon. He became friends with Chassériau, worked according to his advice and continued to do so until his death in 1856; with Puvis de Chavannes, he was his spiritual heir. Like Delacroix, he has a love of the female body, a taste for rich ornaments and accessories.
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