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Eugene Delacroix
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
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Painting ID:: 52463
Aspasia
c. 1824 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm
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Painting ID:: 52464
The Massacre at Chios
1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm
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Painting ID:: 52465
Still-Life with Lobster
1826-27 Oil on canvas, 80,5 x 106,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 52467
A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother
1830 Oil on canvas, 131 x 194,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 52468
Decoration of the west wall
1833-37 Oil on canvas
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Eugene Delacroix
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
. Related Artists to Eugene Delacroix: | Adolfo Muller-Ury | Pierre-Nicolas Legrand | Claes Dircksz.van er heck | Arkady Alexandrovich Rylov | Abraham van Beijeren |
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