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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:: 58653
Louis of Orleans Unveiling his Mistress,
Louis of Orleans Unveiling his Mistress, c1825?C26, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid
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Painting ID:: 58654
Apollo slaying Python
Apollo slaying Python, 1851, the Louvre
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Painting ID:: 58655
Bride of Abydos
Bride of Abydos, 1857
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Painting ID:: 58659
Fanatics of Tangier
Fanatics of Tangier, 1838, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Painting ID:: 58660
Jewish Wedding in Morocco
Jewish Wedding in Morocco (detail), c1839, the Louvre
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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: | YANEZ DE LA ALMEDINA, Fernando | Samuel De Wilde | Alexander von Humboldt | Andrea del Castagno | John Quidor |
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