The Mystic Flower

The Mystic Flower is a c. 1890 religious oil-on-canvas painting by [the French Symbolist painter [Gustave Moreau]], inspired by Carpaccio's Apotheosis of Saint Ursula, which Moreau was able to copy during his stay in Venice. At 2.53 metres tall, this original work closed Moreau's Cycle of Man by showing the importance of sacrifice by heroic figures.

The Mystic Flower (c. 1890) by Gustave Moreau

History

Moreau painted the work at the end of his life, when he was reflecting on his works' future.[1] He thus began editing the accounts of his works and creating canvases on a museum format such as The Mystic Flower.[2][3] It was also an era when Moreau produced more and more vertically symmetrical compositions such as Christ The Redeemer.[4]

References
  1. Mathieu 1998, pp. 148–150.
  2. Mathieu & Lacambre 1997, p. 41.
  3. Mathieu et al. 1998, p. 148-150.
  4. Lacambre et al. 1998, p. 254.

Bibliography
  • Léonce Bénédite (1998) [1899]. L'idéalisme en France et en Angleterre: Gustave Moreau & E. Burne-Jones (in French). La Rochelle: Rumeur des Âges. ISBN 2-84327-023-5.
  • Dottin-Orsini, Mireille (1999). "Portrait de femme : Gustave Moreau et Gustav-Adolf Mossa". In Bard, Christine (ed.). Un siècle d'antiféminisme (in French). Paris: Fayard. ISBN 2-213-60285-9.
  • Dottin-Orsini, Mireille (2004). "Femmes peintes, femmes (d)écrites : le cas Gustave Moreau". In Mansau, Andrée (ed.). Des femmes : images et écritures (in French). Toulouse: Presses universitaires du Mirail. ISBN 2-85816-697-8.
  • Geneviève Lacambre (1990). Peintures, cartons, aquarelles, etc. exposés dans les galeries du Musée Gustave Moreau (in French). Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-2371-7.
  • Geneviève Lacambre (1997). Gustave Moreau: Maître Sorcier (in French). Paris: Gallimard et Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-07-053388-3.
  • Lacambre, Geneviève; Druick, Douglas W.; Feinberg, Larry J.; Stein, Susan (1998). Gustave Moreau 1826-1898 (in French). Tours: Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-3577-4.
  • Mathieu, Pierre-Louis (1994). Gustave Moreau (in French). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-011743-2.
  • Mathieu, Pierre-Louis; Lacambre, Geneviève (1997). Le Musée Gustave Moreau (in French). Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux. ISBN 2-7118-3479-4.
  • Mathieu, Pierre-Louis (1998). Gustave Moreau: L'assembleur de rêves (in French). Courbevoie: ACR Édition. ISBN 2-86770-115-5.
  • Catalogue sommaire des peintures, dessins, cartons et aquarelles exposés dans les galeries du Musée Gustave Moreau. 1926. p. 11.
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