1. Symbolism
 Symbolism originated in France, and was part of a 19th-century movement in which art became infused with mysticism. French Symbolism was both a continuation of the Romantic tradition and a reaction to the realistic approach of impressionism. It served as a catalyst in the outgrowth of the darker sides of Romanticism and toward abstraction.    The term Symbolism means the systematic use of symbols or pictorial conventions to express an allegorical meaning. Symbolism is an important element of most religious arts and reading symbols plays a main role in psychoanalysis. Thus, the Symbolist painters used these symbols from mythology and dream imagery for a visual language of the soul.    Not so much a style of art, Symbolism was more an international ideological trend. Symbolists believed that art should apprehend more absolute truths which could only be accessed indirectly. Thus, they painted scenes from nature, human activities, and all other real world phenomena in a highly metaphorical and suggestive manner.
Edvard Munch.The Scream Oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard, 91 x 73.5 cm. National Gallery, Oslo

2. Gustave Moreau ( )
Gustave Moreau. Jason Oil on canvas, 6' 8 1/4" x 3' 9 1/2" (204 x cm). Musee d'Orsay, Paris

3. Gustave Moreau. The Apparition.
c Oil on canvas, 142 x 103 cm. Musee Gustave Moreau, Paris

4. Odilon Redon ( )
Odilon Redon. The Red Sphinx c Oil on canvas, 61 x 49.5 cm. Private collection

5. Odilon Redon. The Cyclops. c. 1914. Oil on canvas, 64 x 51 cm
Odilon Redon. The Cyclops. c Oil on canvas, 64 x 51 cm. Museum Kroller-Mueller, Otterlo, The Netherlands

6. Henri Rousseau. Exotic Landscape. 1908. Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm
Henri Rousseau. Exotic Landscape Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm. Private collection

7. Henri Rousseau. The Dream. 1910 Oil on canvas, 6' 8 1/2" x 9' 9 1/2”
Henri Rousseau. The Dream Oil on canvas, 6' 8 1/2" x 9' 9 1/2”. The Museum of Modern Art, New York

8. Max Klinger. The Abduction (from A Glove), 1881 (1924 edition) Etchings with aquatint, 118mm x 269mm.
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
Max Klinger ( )
German Symbolist artist best known for his enigmatic portfolio Paraphrases About the Finding of a Glove (1881).

9. James Ensor. Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889. 1888
James Ensor. Christ’s Entry into Brussels in Oil on canvas, 99 1/2 x 169 1/2 in. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
James Ensor ( )

10. James Ensor. The Great Judge. 1898.

11. Edvard Munch. The Storm. 1893 Oil on canvas, 36 x 51 1/2 in. (91
Edvard Munch. The Storm Oil on canvas, 36 x 51 1/2 in. (91.5 x 131 cm). Museum of Modern Art, New York
Edvard Munch ( )

12. Edvard Munch. Puberty. 1895. Oil on canvas, 59 5/8 x 43 1/4 in
Edvard Munch. Puberty Oil on canvas, 59 5/8 x 43 1/4 in. National Gallery, Oslo

13. Edvard Munch. Jealousy. 1895. Oil on canvas, 67 x 100 cm (26 x 39 in.).
The Munch Museum, Oslo

14. Gustav Klimt. The Kiss. 1907-08 Oil and gold on canvas, 180 x 180 cm
Gustav Klimt. The Kiss Oil and gold on canvas, 180 x 180 cm. Osterreichische Galerie, Vienna
Gustav Klimt ( )

15. Gustav Klimt. Death and Life. 1916. Oil on canvas, 178 x 198 cm
Gustav Klimt. Death and Life Oil on canvas, 178 x 198 cm. Private collection, Vienna

16. Auguste Rodin ( )
The Symbolist desire to penetrate and portray the innermost essence of being had a parallel in the sculptures of Rodin. The most influential sculptor of the late 19th century, Rodin laid the foundation for 20th century sculpture.
Auguste Rodin. The Thinker Bronze, 68.6 x 89.4 x 50.8 cm. Musée Rodin, Paris

17. Auguste Rodin. The Call to Arms. 1879
Auguste Rodin. The Call to Arms Bronze, 44 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 15/15/16.
Legion of Honor, San Francisco

18. Auguste Rodin. The Three Shades. Ca. 1898
Auguste Rodin. The Three Shades. Ca Bronze, 75 1/2 x 73 1/2 x 41 1/2.
Legion of Honor, San Francisco