The Art of Gustave Moreau

 

 

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) was a French Symbolist painter whose artwork is associated

with the fin de siècle.

 

The Gustave Moreau Collection at Spirit of the Ages includes art images from some of

Moreau's seminal work. As a valuable reference resource, options are also provided for

purchasing a range of gifts, including reproduction prints, posters and greeting cards.

 

Moreau's principle art training was undertaken with François-Édouard Picot - an artist

whose own focus was mytholigical, religious and historial subjects - and through a

friendship with Théodore Chassériau (an artist noted for his allegorical murals), Moreau

developed his interest in depicting mythological and religious themes.

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Gustave Moreau (vintage photograph)

 

Above, we show a vintage photograph

of Gustave Moreau

 

 

Charles Blanc made the following comment on Moreau's art in Le Temps (1881):

 

One would have to coin a word for the occasion if one

wished to characterise the talent of Gustave Moreau, the

word colourism for example, which would well convey all

that is excessive, superb and prodigious in his love for colour.

… It is as if one were in the presence of an illuminator who

had been a jeweller before becoming a painter and who,

having yielded to the intoxication of colour, had ground

rubies, sapphires, emeralds, topazes, opals, pearls and mother

of pearl to make up his palette.

 

The following quote from Moreau - from Paladilhe's Gustave Moreau (1972) - provides

an insight into the artist's interests and goals:

 

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction

towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the

passions of man certainly interest me deeply, but I am less

concerned with expressing the motions of the soul and mind

than to render visible, so to speak, the inner flashes of intuition

which have something divine in their apparent insignificance

and reveal magic, even divine horizons, when they are

transposed into the marvellous effects of pure plastic art.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Images

 

 

Greeting Card showing artwork from Gustave Moreau

For connoisseurs of the work of Gustave Moreau, we have prepared Greeting Cards displaying images of each of his illustrations featured in the Collection and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

 

To allow you to customise a purchase of a selection of cards, we have provided options for orders below each image.

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and the images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each

card carries information about Gustave Moreau and the profiled illustration - we have left the interior of the cards

blank so that you may write your own personal message.

 

Similarly, we have provided options for the purchase of reproductions of these

wonderful images in a variety of large formats and on the right, we show an

example of how these images can appear when framed.

 

Each of those reproductions is prepared with archival quality materials to ensure

many years of ongoing enjoyment.

 

To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will

be taken through to our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal. Multiple

purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs

to any destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of

US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

We are able to reproduce these images in a variety of sizes and naturally, should

you wish to order a Reproduction Print in another format or individual

Greeting Cards from this suite of images, we welcome your contact through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Gustave Moreau.

A framed reproduction of Gustave Moreau's ''Phaethon''

 

Every illustration tells a story

Above, we show a framed reproduction

of Gustave Moreau's "Phaethon".

 

 

Gustave Moreau's ''Andromeda''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Andromeda''   Gustave Moreau's ''Apollo and the Nine Muses''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Apollo and the Nine Muses''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Andromeda

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Apollo and the Nine Muses

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM A GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 8X10" sheet

Code: GM A 8X10
Price: US$30.00

 

 

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM ANM GC
Price: US$5.00

 

 

 

Reproduction on 11X14" sheet

Code: GM ANM 11X14
Price: US$50.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Apollo and the Satyrs''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Apollo and the Satyrs''   Gustave Moreau's ''Apollo Victorious Over Python''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Apollo Victorious Over Python''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Apollo and the Satyrs

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Apollo Victorious Over Python

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM AS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 8X10" sheet

Code: GM AS 8X10
Price: US$30.00

 

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM AVOP GC
Price: US$5.00

 

 

   
Gustave Moreau's ''Bathsheba''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Bathsheba''   Gustave Moreau's ''Death Offers Crowns to the Winner of the Tournament''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Death Offers Crowns to the Winner of the Tournament''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Bathsheba

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Death Offers Crowns to the Winner of the Tournament

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM B GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM B 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DOCWT GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM DOCWT 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Desdemona''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Desdemona''   Gustave Moreau's ''Diomedes Devoured by his Horses''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Diomedes Devoured by his Horses''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Desdemona

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Diomedes Devoured by his Horses

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM D GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 8X12" sheet

Code: GM D 8X12
Price: US$35.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DDH GC
Price: US$5.00

 

   
Gustave Moreau's ''Diomedes Devoured by his Horses''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Diomedes Devoured by his Horses''   Gustave Moreau's ''Dream of the Orient; or, The Peri''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Dream of the Orient; or, The Peri''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Diomedes Devoured by His Horses

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Dream of the Orient; or, The Peri

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DDHH GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM DDHH 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DOP GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM DOP 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Europa and the Bull''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Europa and the Bull''   Gustave Moreau's ''Evening and Sorrow''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Evening and Sorrow''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Europa and the Bull

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Evening and Sorrow

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM EB GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 8X10" sheet

Code: GM EB 8X10
Price: US$30.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM ES GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 8X12" sheet

Code: GM EB 8X12
Price: US$35.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Galatea''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Galatea''   Gustave Moreau's ''Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Galatea

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM G GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 11X14" sheet

Code: GM G 11X14
Price: US$50.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM G 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM HLH GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM HLH 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Hesiod and the Muse''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Hesiod and the Muse''   Gustave Moreau's ''Hesiod and the Muses''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Hesiod and the Muses''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Hesiod and the Muse

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Hesiod and the Muses

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM H GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM H 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM HM GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM HM 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Jacob and the Angel''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Jacob and the Angel''   Gustave Moreau's ''Jason''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Jason''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Jacob and the Angel

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Jason

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM JA GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM JA 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM J GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM J 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
Gustave Moreau's ''Jupiter and Semele''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''Jupiter and Semele''   Gustave Moreau's ''La Toilette''Detail from Gustave Moreau's ''La Toilette''

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Jupiter and Semele

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

La Toilette

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM JS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM JS 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM LT GC
Price: US$5.00

 

   
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Le Paon se plaignant à Junon

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Leda

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM LPPJ GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM LPPJ 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM LPPJ 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM L GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM L 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Leda and the Swan

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

L'Inspiration

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM LS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

     

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM LI GC
Price: US$5.00

 

   
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Oedipus and the Sphinx

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Oedipus the Wayfarer

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM OS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM OS 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM OS 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM OW GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 11X14" sheet

Code: GM OW 11X14
Price: US$50.00

 

 
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Orpheus

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Perseus and Andromeda

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM O GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM O 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM O 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM PA GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM PA 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Phaethon

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Pieta

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM P GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 11X14" sheet

Code: GM P 11X14
Price: US$50.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM P2 GC
Price: US$5.00

 

   
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Prometheus

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Reître et Captives

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM P3 GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM P3 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM P3 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM RC GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM RC 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM RC 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Saint Cecilia

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Saint Sebastian and the Angel

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SC GC
Price: US$5.00

 

     

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SSA GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM SSA 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM SSA 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Salomé

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Salomé Dancing Before Herod

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM S GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM S 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SDBH GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM SDBH 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM SDBH 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Sphinx in a Grotto

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Saint George

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SIG GC
Price: US$5.00

 

     

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SG GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM SG 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Salomé and the Apparition of the Baptist's Head

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Birth of Venus

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SABH GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM SABH 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM BV GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 8X10" sheet

Code: GM BV 8X10
Price: US$30.00

 

 
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Daughters of Thespius

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Dead Poet Borne by a Centaur

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DT GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 11X14" sheet

Code: GM DT 11X14
Price: US$50.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM DT 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DPBC GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM DPBC 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM DPBC 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Death of Sapho

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Education of Achilles

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM DS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM DS 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM DS 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM EA GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM EA 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

 
 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Muses Leaving Their Father Apollo to go and Enlighten the World

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Song of Songs

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM MLFAEW GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM MLFAEW 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM MLFAEW 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM SS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 11X14" sheet

Code: GM SS 11X14
Price: US$50.00

 

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Suitors

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Triumph of Alexander

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM TS GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM TS 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM TS 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

 

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM TA GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM TA 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 16X20" sheet

Code: GM TA 16X20
Price: US$120.00

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Unicorns

 

 

 

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

The Young Man and Death

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM U GC
Price: US$5.00

 

     

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM YMD GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM YMD 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 18X24" sheet

Code: GM YMD 18X24
Price: US$150.00

 

   

Full image (on the left) and detail (to the right) for reference

Young Moses

 

 

   

Greeting Card (with envelope)

Code: GM YM GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Reproduction on 12X18" sheet

Code: GM YM 12X18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 16X20" sheet

Code: GM YM 16X20
Price: US$120.00