Musee Gustave-Moreau
The artist’s Montmartre house, built in 1895, is now a museum with a bedroom, living room, and dining room virtually untouched in 100 years. The result is a fascinating look at turn-of-the-century middle-class life. But the real treasures here are the painter’s own works. Although moderately successful in his lifetime, Moreau (1826-1898) proved to be enormously influential as the teacher of Matisse and Rouault, and, years later, a source of fascination to the Surrealists. The museum allows you to look through much of Moreau’s oeuvre, from small, brilliantly colored—and often almost abstract—sketches to huge canvases on which Salomes, enchantresses, and demons are surrounded by complex Oriental architecture. Visitors can find the preliminary drawings of a composition and then compare them to the finished work—it’s almost as if the artist were at your side. 14 Rue de la Rochefoucauld; 33-1/48-74-38-50.
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