Gustave MoreauFrankrig, 1826–1898Ødipus og Sfinksen
Oedipus and the Sphinx
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Oedipus and the Sphinx is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by Gustave Moreau that was first exhibited at the French Salon of 1864 where it was an immediate success. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The work was a fresh treatment of the established subject of the meeting between Oedipus and the Sphinx on the road outside Thebes, as described in Sophocles's play Oedipus Rex.
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Imens i livet hos Gustave Moreau
Hele livet1859–1888 · Virkested
Paris
1862
The death of his father
In 1862 Moreau’s father, the architect Louis Moreau, died; he had encouraged his son’s drawing and instilled in him a classical culture.
1864
A Salon medal for “Oedipus and the Sphinx”
“Oedipus and the Sphinx”, one of Moreau’s first Symbolist paintings, won a medal at the Paris Salon of 1864 and established his reputation. One commentator likened it to a pastiche of Mantegna created by a German student who relaxes from his painting by reading Schopenhauer.
