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What subjects did Gustave Moreau paint most often?
Moreau painted mythological, biblical, and literary subjects, especially figures such as Salome, Orpheus, Oedipus, and Jupiter. His 1876 works around Salome are among his most famous Symbolist images.
Was Gustave Moreau a teacher of Matisse?
Yes. Moreau taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 1890s, and his students included Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, Albert Marquet, and other future modernists.
Where can you see the largest collection of Moreau's work?
The Musee Gustave Moreau in Paris opened to the public in 1903 in the artist's former house and studio. Moreau left the French state a huge body of paintings, watercolors, and drawings.
How is Gustave Moreau connected to Symbolism?
Moreau is considered one of the major French Symbolist painters, even though much of his style developed before Symbolism was formally named in the 1880s. His dense, dreamlike images influenced later Symbolist and even Surrealist viewers.
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