1798 -1863 · French romanticism, color, history and great settings

Ardent color, movement, literature, revolution and memories of Morocco make Eugène Delacroix the central figure of French pictorial romanticism.

Eugène Delacroix was born in 1798 in Charenton-Saint-Maurice. A student of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, he discovered Rubens, Véronèse and the Venetians at the Louvre, while Géricault revealed to him the power of contemporary painting engaged in drama. From the Salon of 1822, Dante and Virgil imposed a tormented composition, twisted bodies and expressive color. The Massacres of Scio then The Death of Sardanapalus made him the leader of romanticism compared to the classical model. Delacroix draws on Byron, Shakespeare, Goethe, ancient history and the events of his time. Delacroix draws on Byron, Shakespeare, Goethe, ancient history and the events of his time. Delacroix draws on Byron, Shakespeare, Goethe, ancient history and the events of his time. Delacroix draws on Byron, Shakespeare, Goethe, ancient history and the events of his time. In 1830, Liberty Leading the People transformed the Three Glorious Years into a modern allegory: the female figure, the flag and crowd advance together in a pyramid of dust and color. His diplomatic trip to Morocco and Algeria in 1832 profoundly renewed his repertoire. Notebooks, watercolors and souvenirs nourish horsemen, hunts, scenes from Tangier and Women of Algiers in their apartment. From the 1830s, vast decorative commissions occupied a major part of his career: Palais-Bourbon, Palais du Luxembourg, Apollon gallery at the Louvre and Saints-Anges chapel in Saint-Sulpice. A writer attentive to his own work, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1863, he died in Paris in 1863, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1863, he died in Paris in 1830. Writer attentive to his own work, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1830, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1830, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1830, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1830, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1830, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died in Paris in 1830, Delacroix kept an essential journal. Died color. The "Eugène Delacroix" selection notably compares Liberty Leading the People and The Death of Sardanapalus. His reading favors atmosphere.

In Delacroix, color does not fill the drawing: it constructs movement, connects bodies and makes history an immediate sensation.