1820 -1863 · Dieppe, Morocco and Champrosay

Rochers d'Augerville, Dieppe Sea, Tangier and Champrosay show Delacroix constructing the landscape in colorful masses, moving light and discreet presence of the story.

Landscape is not always considered Eugène Delacroix's main genre, yet it runs through his notebooks, watercolors and numerous paintings. In Dieppe, the artist observes the sea from the heights and notes the relationship between cliff, sky and horizon. The landscapes of Morocco and the views of Tangier extend the experience of the 1832 trip, but are often reworked remotely by memory. In Augerville and especially in Champrosay, where Delacroix regularly stayed in his last years, rocks, trees and paths became laboratories of color. In Augerville and especially in Champrosay, where Delacroix stayed regularly in his last years, rocks, trees and paths became laboratories of color. In Augerville and especially in Champrosay, where Delacroix stayed regularly in his last years, rocks, trees and paths became laboratories of color. In Augerville and especially in Champrosay, where Delacroix stayed regularly in his last years, rocks, trees and paths became laboratories of color. In Augerville and especially in Champrosay, where Delacroix stayed regularly in his last years, rocks, trees and paths became laboratories of color. In Augerville and especially in Champros neutral background, but a force that amplifies rest, desire or conflict. Delacroix admires Constable and the English landscapers, whose atmospheric freedom he retains. Its fragmented touch and its complementary contrasts make the air vibrate well before impressionism, without renouncing romantic construction. The selection "Landscapes of Eugène Delacroix" notably compares Greek Horsemen at Rest in a Forest and Landscape with Rocks, Augerville. His reading favors figures.

Delacroix does not describe each leaf: he seeks the color ratio that makes the tree, the air and the light feel in the same movement.