Gustave Moreau, La chimère (1876) Regarded by many as being an important precursor to surreal
Gustave Moreau, La chimère (1876) Regarded by many as being an important precursor to surrealism, Moreau’s symbolic illustrations, which are often rooted in biblical tradition or mythology, consciously depict a dream like world, void of any realism but rich in emotion and imagination. -- source link
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