French Romantic Painter, 1798-1863
For 40 years Eugene Delacroix was one of the most prominent and controversial painters in France. Although the intense emotional expressiveness of his work placed the artist squarely in the midst of the general romantic outpouring of European art, he always remained an individual phenomenon and did not create a school. As a personality and as a painter, he was admired by the impressionists, postimpressionists, and symbolists who came after him.
Born on April 28, 1798, at Charenton-Saint-Maurice, the son of an important public official, Delacroix grew up in comfortable upper-middle-class circumstances in spite of the troubled times. He received a good classical education at the Lycee Imperial. He entered the studio of Pierre Narcisse Guerin in 1815, where he met Theodore Gericaul
268 x 189 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris This watercolour was made during a journey to Marocco and Algiers in 1832. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: Two Women at the Well Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other
268 x 189 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris This watercolour was made during a journey to Marocco and Algiers in 1832. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: Two Women at the Well Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other
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Bouquet of Flowers
Bouquet of Flowers
Painting ID:: 62516
1849-50 Watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper, 650 x 654 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris Delacroix painted flower paintings and landscapes in his later years. The symbolic import typical of Delacroix's subjects seems here to be lacking. They might be described as an early case of 'art for art's sake'. Delacroix took time off from his exhausting monumental labours to paint the flowers in the garden of his friend George Sand. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: Bouquet of Flowers Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , still-life
1849-50 Watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper, 650 x 654 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris Delacroix painted flower paintings and landscapes in his later years. The symbolic import typical of Delacroix's subjects seems here to be lacking. They might be described as an early case of 'art for art's sake'. Delacroix took time off from his exhausting monumental labours to paint the flowers in the garden of his friend George Sand. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: Bouquet of Flowers Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , still-life
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Illustration for Goethe's Faust
Illustration for Goethe's Faust
Painting ID:: 62521
1825-27 Pencil on beige paper, 225 x 295 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris The scene of Faust and Mephisto Gallop through the Night of the Witches' Sabbath is an illustration for Goethe's Faust, Verse 4399-4404. In this work everything is movement and expression. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: Illustration for Goethe's Faust Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other
1825-27 Pencil on beige paper, 225 x 295 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris The scene of Faust and Mephisto Gallop through the Night of the Witches' Sabbath is an illustration for Goethe's Faust, Verse 4399-4404. In this work everything is movement and expression. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: Illustration for Goethe's Faust Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other
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The Death of Ophelia
The Death of Ophelia
Painting ID:: 62527
181 x 255 mm Mus?e Eug?ne Delacroix, Paris Touched by the story of Ophelia's madness and death, Delacroix contrived to express in her death-scene a Shakespearean tribute to the suffering of humanity. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: The Death of Ophelia Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other
181 x 255 mm Mus?e Eug?ne Delacroix, Paris Touched by the story of Ophelia's madness and death, Delacroix contrived to express in her death-scene a Shakespearean tribute to the suffering of humanity. Author: DELACROIX, Eug?ne Title: The Death of Ophelia Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , other
French Romantic Painter, 1798-1863
For 40 years Eugene Delacroix was one of the most prominent and controversial painters in France. Although the intense emotional expressiveness of his work placed the artist squarely in the midst of the general romantic outpouring of European art, he always remained an individual phenomenon and did not create a school. As a personality and as a painter, he was admired by the impressionists, postimpressionists, and symbolists who came after him.
Born on April 28, 1798, at Charenton-Saint-Maurice, the son of an important public official, Delacroix grew up in comfortable upper-middle-class circumstances in spite of the troubled times. He received a good classical education at the Lycee Imperial. He entered the studio of Pierre Narcisse Guerin in 1815, where he met Theodore Gericaul