At 14 rue de La Rochefoucauld in Paris' 9th arrondissement, not far from the Grands Boulevards district and the picturesque Montmartre hill, near the Saint-Georges Metro station, stands a centre for the Symbolist painting movement: the National Gustave-Moreau Museum. Based in the artist's old studio, within the private family mansion full of 19th-century charm, it offers visitors a real journey in time.
This fascinating place with an intimate and welcoming atmosphere covers four floors, with around 1,300 paintings watercolours and cartoons, as well as around 5,000 drawings by the famous Symbolist painter. Fall under the spell of the beauty and majesty of his masterpieces: Jupiter and Semele, The Apparition, Life of Humanity, Hesiod and the Muse and Leda are among the wonders you can admire on a visit.
