🇫🇷 Free First Sunday - Musée Gustave Moreau

Tucked away in a 9th arrondissement townhouse lies the Musée Gustave Moreau – the former home and studio of the Symbolist master himself! 🏛️✨ Downstairs, you'll find his preserved bedroom and study, but the real magic happens upstairs... 🌀 A breathtaking spiral staircase leads to his studio floors, where walls are completely covered in monumental paintings dripping with mystical religious and mythological symbolism. (Yes, that viral staircase photo spot is here!) 🎟️ Since it's free every first Sunday, I happily booked my slot – and one glance at his works completely transported me. 🖌️ His style is fascinatingly unique: • Classical foundations 🏛️ • Eastern landscape influences 🏔️ • Opulent Indo-Arabic details 🕌 • Bizarre, fantastical narratives straight from religious texts 📜 🌈 The vibrant colors somehow feel haunting rather than joyful – like an eerie dream you can't shake. Not scary... just deeply mysterious. 😍 This aesthetic hits ALL my artistic sweet spots! My phone camera couldn't capture 1/10,000th of their beauty – you must see these in person to appreciate: • The luminescent skin textures ✨ • Metal embellishments that seem to pop off the canvas ⚜️ • Unfinished works revealing his entire creative process (from charcoal sketches to final brushstrokes) 🎨 Fun fact: Did you know Matisse was his student?! 🤯 #France #Paris #MuseumMoment #ArtLovers #MuseumHopper #GustaveMoreau #HiddenParis #SymbolistArt #FreeMuseumDay