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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:: 52476
The Battle of Taillebourg
1834-35 Oil on canvas, 53 x 66,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 52478
George Sand
1838 Oil on canvas, 79 x 57 cm
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Painting ID:: 52481
Christ on the Lake of Gennezaret
c. 1841 Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 52482
A Vase of Flowers on a Console
1848-50 Oil on canvas, 135 x 102 cm
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Painting ID:: 52483
Apollo Slays Python
1850-51 Oil on mounted canvas, 800 x 750 cm
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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: | Carl Schuch | Isaac Grunewald | James Abbott McNeil Whistler | Benno Adam | Franz Xaver Kosler |
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