Gustave Moreau

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El pintor clásico de este ultimo sábado del mes es Gustave Moreau, que vivió en Paris entre 1826 y 1898 y se conoce como el precursor del simbolismo que unas décadas después, a finales del siglo XIX, se estableció como una corriente universal.

El mérito de Moreau es que se adelanto en muchos años al simbolismo y con su arte muy característico y enigmático es inconfundible entre los muchos simbolistas que posteriormente le siguieron.

Sus obras tempranas son claramente influenciadas por Ingres y Delacroix, o sea que presentan características clasicistas y románticas. Con el tiempo su forma de pintar prescinde mas y mas de la linea para darle mas protagonismo al color, hasta el punto de que algunas de sus ultimas obras son ya casi abstractas, un punto muy notable, dado que estamos todavía en el siglo XIX.

Aquí hay una pequeña selección de obras significativas de Moreau, pero si pone su nombre en Internet encontrara mucho mas.

La semana pasada fue presentado el artista de la madera Andy Cole de Hawai.

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Gustave Moreau

The classic painter of this last Saturday of the month is Gustave Moreau, who lived in Paris between 1826 and 1898 and is known as the precursor of symbolism that a few decades later, at the end of the 19th century, was established as a universal current.

The merit of Moreau is that he advanced in many years to symbolism and with his very characteristic and enigmatic art he is unmistakable among the many symbolists who subsequently followed him.

His early works are clearly influenced by Ingres and Delacroix, that is, they present classicist and romantic characteristics. Over time his way of painting dispenses more and more of the line to give more prominence to color, to the point that some of his latest works are almost abstract, a very remarkable point, since we are still in the nineteenth century.

Here is a small selection of significant works by Moreau, but if you put his name on the Internet you will find much more.

Last week, wood artist Andy Cole from Hawaii was introduced.

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