"A film about Gustave Moreau and his influence."02 January 1962Factual22 mins
A brilliant analysis of 19th century French Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, known for his fantastical and mythological subjects, and who remains to these days an influential figure in the birth of modern art.
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