Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798–1863
Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice; died in Paris.
Delacroix trained under Pierre-Narcisse Guérin and emerged in the 1820s as the leader of French Romanticism, with dramatic, richly coloured canvases such as The Death of Sardanapalus and Liberty Leading the People. A six-month journey to Morocco and Algeria in 1832 gave him a store of sketches and memories that fed his work for decades. Later he decorated public buildings in Paris, among them the Chapel of the Holy Angels at Saint-Sulpice, and his journal is a key record of his thinking.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 5 worksDated 1816–1855
- Mostly
- Drawing and Watercolor, Drawings, Paintings
- Courtesy of
- The Met, The Art Institute of Chicago
