Early career, including the Judgement of Paris, Hesiod and the Muses, Oedipus and the Sphinx, Jason, Orpheus, and Jupiter and Europa.
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Two contrasting Virgins of the Lilies, a remarkable scene of the female figure of Death with a fearful gravedigger, a woman poet walking in the Elysian Fields, and other distinctive paintings.
Originally a designer of wallpaper and book illustrator, his strikingly original paintings accompany works by Zola and Charles Baudelaire.
Homeric Laughter at Venus and Mars caught together, birthday paintings, an unusual portrait of a merchant of wild animals, and more.
The childhood of Zeus, the capture of Samson, Bacchante couple, two Temptations of St Anthony, and a portrait of the artist and his growing family.
Trained in London, Italy and France, he combined a Pre-Raphaelite style from Burne-Jones with Symbolism of Puvis de Chavannes.
Although unusual in paintings, tortoises can have several different readings, from love to slow and faltering political reforms.
Despite its popularity at the time, few Symbolist pastel paintings are now accessible. Here are six from these two artists, including this fascinating print.
A major Symbolist painter whose enigmatic paintings became popular in the salons of Les XX at the end of the 19th century.
A foray into painting industrial landscapes in Impressionist style, and some of the highest peaks in Europe. Most memorable for his apocalyptic vision of the end of humankind.
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