In contrast to the Neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival Ingres, Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance, with an attendant emphasis on colour and …

Eugène Delacroix (born April 26, 1798, Charenton–Saint-Maurice, France—died August 13, 1863, Paris) was one of the greatest French Romantic painters, whose use of colour was influential in the …

Considered the leader of the French Romantic school of painting, Eugene Delacroix was a prolific artist, producing over 9,000 works during his lifetime, ranging from paintings, to watercolors, pastels and …

Eugène Delacroix was born on April 26, 1798, near Paris, in Charenton-Saint-Maurice. The house of his birth has become a media library in the city of Saint-Maurice (in what is now the Val-de-Marne …

Apr 2, 2025 · Explore the revolutionary art of Eugène Delacroix: master of Romantic painting, pioneer of expressive color, and creator of iconic French masterpieces.

After his debut painting, Delacroix followed up with three of his best-known works, all drawn from contemporary events and literature. These paintings marked Delacroix as the leader of the modern, …

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was one of the towering figures to emerge in France in the wake of Napoleon. No other artist of the nineteenth century balanced a reverence for the past with such a …