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Gustave Moreau's contemporaries

A few works by Gustave Moreau, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

8 works · hang 5442 ·

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

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Section 1, north wall

  1. Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau, 1864
    Oedipus and the SphinxGustave Moreau, 1864Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of watercolor and gouache, with pen and blue ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, wrapped and adhered on verso to wood pulp board.
    InspirationGustave Moreau, c. 1893Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Their contemporaries

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The CourtyardStanislas Lépine, c. 1880Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The ConversationMarcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1875–79Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Alfred SisleyPierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. A sketchy black-and-white oil painting of a dozen horses walking in a circle, some with riders. All of the figures are shadowy.
    Study for The Horse FairRosa Bonheur, c. 1850Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Their contemporaries, second

  1. The Large Tree, by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    The Large TreePaul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Mount Sainte-Victoire, by Paul Cézanne, c. 1904
    Mount Sainte-VictoirePaul Cézanne, c. 1904Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art