New Athens in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Gustave Moreau
— Maisons des Illustres —
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 23, 2023
1. Gustave Moreau Marker
1826 — 1898
Peintre
A vecú et peint dans cette maison qu‘il a transformée en musée à la fin de sa vie.
The painter Gustave Moreau (1826—1898) lived in this building, which was turned into a museum at the end of his life.
Erected by Ministère de la Culture et de la Communications.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1826.
Location. 48° 52.674′ N, 2° 20.068′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in New Athens. Marker is on Rue Catherine de la Rochefoucauld. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14 Rue Catherine de la Rochefoucauld, Paris, Île-de-France 75009, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Hôtels des Mlle. Mars et Mlle. Duchesnois (within shouting distance of this marker); René Joseph Limon (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line in Île-de-france); François-Joseph Talma (about 90 meters away); François Mignet
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Also see . . . Gustave Moreau (Wikipedia).
Overview: Gustave Moreau (6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence". He was an influential forerunner of symbolism in the visual arts in the 1860s, and at the height of the symbolist movement in the 1890s, he was among the most significant painters. Art historian Robert Delevoy wrote that Moreau "brought symbolist polyvalence to its highest point in Jupiter and Semele." He was a prolific artist who produced over 15,000 paintings, watercolors, and drawings. Moreau painted allegories and traditional biblical and mythological subjects favored by the fine art academies. J. K. Huysmans wrote, "Gustave Moreau has given new freshness to dreary old subjects(Submitted on August 29, 2023.)by a talent both subtle and ample: he has taken myths worn out by the repetitions of centuries and expressed them in a language that is persuasive and lofty, mysterious and new." The female characters from the Bible and mythology that he so frequently depicted came to be regarded by many as the archetypical symbolist woman. His art (and symbolism in general) fell from favor and received little attention in the early 20th century but, beginning in the 1960s and 70s, he has come to be considered among the most paramount of symbolist painters.Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 25, 20232. Gustave Moreau Marker - wide view
From home to museum: His parents bought a townhouse in 1852 at 14 Rue de La Rochefoucauld, converting the top floor into a studio for Moreau, where he lived and worked, a bachelor, for the rest of his life, his father dying in 1862, and his mother, Adèle-Pauline in 1884. Moreau died of cancer in 1898, bequeathing the townhome and studio with nearly 1200 paintings and watercolors, and over 10,000 drawings to the State to be converted into a museum. The Musée Gustave Moreau opened to the public in 1903 and is still open today. It is by far the largest and most significant collection of his work.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, August 23, 2023
3. Gustave Moreau Marker - wider view
Gustave Moreau (courtesy Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery via WikiMedia Commons), 1870
4. Perseus and Andromeda
Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 58 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 29, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 4. submitted on August 29, 2023.
