Eugene Delacroix

Massacre at Chios

Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix (1798-1863) was a French Romantic painter (For some the most important of the French Romantic painters). Delacroix was celebrated for the use of expressive color that influenced later painters, notably the Impressionists. As a lithographer, he illustrated works of Shakespeare, Walter Scott and Goethe.

Some of his great works include: The Barque of Dante, 1822, Massacre at Chios, 1824, The Death of Sardanapalus, 1827, Liberty Leading the People (28th July 1830), 1830, The Women of Algiers, 1834, The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, 1840, Christ on the Lake of Gennesaret, 1854, and Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains, 1863.

The last of the great Renaissance artists, Delacroix comes of a lineage whose founder is Michelangelo and whose prodigal son is Rubens. ^[1]

Traveling in North Africa and Spain he was influenced to produce paintings that are exuberant and lush.

Jewish Wedding in Morocco

Pieta

Petite Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

The Apartments of the Count of Mornay, 1831-1832.

• Painting Masterpieces
• Painting Schools
• Gallery of French Masterpieces
• Famous French paintings
• Romantic paintings

External links[edit]

• Eugene Delacroix Gallery - 242 items Art.com
• Eugène Delacroix Catholic Encyclopedia.
• http://www._eugenedelacroix.org/ ... Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (Note: PLEASE JOIN THE URL TO MAKE IT WORK.)
• http://www._eugenedelacroix.org/the-complete-works.html ... Paintings of Eugene Delacroix (SAME)
• Church of Saint Sulipice. The Gnomon and Eugene Delacroix.

The Sea from the Heights of Dieppe, 1852.

Further reading[edit]

• Kimball, Roger. "Delacroix Reconsidered." New Criterion. Volume: 17#1 (September 1998) pp 9+ online edition, by a leading conservative critic
• Wright, Beth S. The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix (Cambridge Companions to the History of Art) (2001) excerpt and text search

References[edit]

1. ↑ Eugene Delacroix at The Artchive