Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, and Henri Rousseau were leading artists of which movement?

A) Realism
B) Symbolism
C) Impressionism
D) Post-Impressionism

Symbolism

A late-19th-century movement based on the idea that the artist was not an imitator of nature but a creator who transformed the facts of nature into a symbol of the inner experience of that fact.

Gustave Moreau

A French Symbolist painter known for his mystical and elaborate works, blending classical subjects with Byzantine and medieval influences.

Odilon Redon

A French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and pastellist known for his mystical and dreamlike subjects.