• 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...
  • This article is about a painting by Gustave Moreau. For the painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, see Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres).
  • Gustave Moreau - Oedipus and the Sphinx. Oil on canvas, 1864, 206.4 × 104.8 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx, Gustave Moreau (French, Paris 1826–1898 Paris), Oil on canvas. This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left.
  • Gustave Moreau painted Oedipus and the Sphinx as a depiction of the famous tale of the Greek king Oedipus with the Sphinx, a creature with a female torso.
  • Home ⇒ Moreau GustaveOedipus and the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau. One of these paintings is the painting “Oedipus and the Sphinx”, painted in 1888.
  • Gustave Moreau (1826–1898), Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864), oil on canvas, 206.4 x 104.8 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Bequest of William H...
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx are locked eye to eye as she is almost pleading, awaiting for his answer. ... Other Moreau Paintings: Phaethon Gustave Moreau Natasha.
  • "Once again we must go back to Oedipus and the Sphinx to understand clearly the opposing principles of masculinity and femininity in Moreau's work.
  • In Sophocles’ play ‘Oedipus Rex,’ the Sphinx poses a riddle to every traveler on the road from Thebes to Delphi and in order to pass, the traveler must answer...
  • Oedipus and the Sphinx is a Symbolist and Neoclassical Oil on Canvas Painting created by Gustave Moreau in 1864.
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  • Gustave Moreau: Oedipus and the Sphinx – 1864. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tale of Oedipus has most of the classic ingredients one would...