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Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.

In contrast to the Neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival Ingres, Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance, with an attendant emphasis on colour and movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modelled form. Dramatic and romantic content characterized the central themes of his maturity, and led him not to the classical models of Greek and Roman art, but to travel in North Africa, in search of the exotic. Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault, Delacroix was also inspired by Lord Byron, with whom he shared a strong identification with the "forces of the sublime", of nature in often violent action.

However, Delacroix was given to neither sentimentality nor bombast, and his Romanticism was that of an individualist. In the words of Baudelaire, "Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible." Together with Ingres, Delacroix is considered one of the last old Masters of painting, and one of the few who was ever photographed.

As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish author Walter Scott and the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion (1849)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Arch of Morning Glories, Study for ‘A Basket of Flowers’

Arch of Morning Glories, Study for ‘A Basket of Flowers’ (1848–49)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
The Tribute Money

The Tribute Money (1843)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Torso of a Male Cadaver

Torso of a Male Cadaver (1828)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Standing Academic Male Nude

Standing Academic Male Nude (1816)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Desdémone maudite par son père

Desdémone maudite par son père (1852)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Faust und Mephisto auf dem Blocksberg

Faust und Mephisto auf dem Blocksberg (ca 1826-1827)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Beweinung Christi

Beweinung Christi (1857)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Studies of a Goat

Studies of a Goat (1798–1863)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Lying Lion In A Landscape

Lying Lion In A Landscape

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Still Life with Dahlias, Zinnias, Hollyhocks and Plums

Still Life with Dahlias, Zinnias, Hollyhocks and Plums (c. 1835)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Justice, War, Agriculture, and Industry, Studies for the Palais Bourbon, Paris

Justice, War, Agriculture, and Industry, Studies for the Palais Bourbon, Paris (1833–36)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Fallen Horse and Dead Knight

Fallen Horse and Dead Knight (c. 1827–1829)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Study of a Male Nude Study for ‘The Death of Seneca’

Study of a Male Nude Study for ‘The Death of Seneca’ (1838–40)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
African on Horseback

African on Horseback (1823)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
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