Kitsch appeal From: The Spectator | Date: June 26, 1999| Author: | Copyright Spectator Jun 26, 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Exhibitions 2

Gustave Moreau: Between Epic and Dream (Metropolitan, New York, till 22 August)

Kitsch appeal

Roger Kimball

I first saw this large gathering of paintings and drawings by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) in April when the exhibition was in Chicago. I had gone to the Windy City for a conference about the state of higher education in America (it's even worse than you thought), and had availed myself of the opportunity to take my first serious look at the work of a painter I had always associated with a certain fin-de-siecle ickiness. I wasn't disappointed. I had only been in the ...

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