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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:: 68550
A Christian Martyr Drowned in the Tiber During the Reign of Diocletian
1855
Oil on canvas
171 x 148 cm
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Painting ID:: 68560
The Abduction of Rebecca
1846
Oil on canvas
100.3 x 81.9 cm
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Painting ID:: 69106
lejonjakt
1855
olja pa duk 56.8x73.8
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Painting ID:: 69403
Ovid among the Scythians
Medium oil on paper laid down on wood
Dimensions 12 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (32.1 x 50.2 cm)
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Painting ID:: 69443
Selim and Zuleika
oil on canvas painting by
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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: | Frank Russell Green | Francisco Antolinez y Sarabia | carl kylberg | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | Miklos Barabas |
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