# 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._

5 works in the collection.

- [The Abduction of Rebecca](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-abduction-of-rebecca-met-438814), Eugène Delacroix, 1846. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Sketches of Algerian Men](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketches-of-algerian-men-aic-110984), Eugène Delacroix, c. 1832. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Standing Academic Male Nude (recto); Sketch of Upper Arm (verso)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/standing-academic-male-nude-recto-sketch-of-upper-arm-verso-aic-113856), Eugène Delacroix, 1816. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Saada, the Wife of Abraham Ben-Chimol, and Préciada, One of Their Daughters](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saada-the-wife-of-abraham-ben-chimol-and-preciada-one-of-the-met-336046), Eugène Delacroix, 1832. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sunset-met-342992), Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1850. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.