Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gustave Moreau
Born: April 6, 1826
Died: April 18, 1898 (aged 72)
Bio: Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists.
Known for:
- The Apparition (1876)
- Jupiter and Semele (1895)
- Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864)
- Apollo and The Nine Muses (1856)
- Les Chimères (1884)
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