Delacroix Eugene

The painting depicts the allegorical figure of Greece, in many respects reminiscent of the famous Freedom from the canvas “Freedom leading the people.” She mournfully spread her hands over the

In the late 1840s Delacroix painted a series of still lifes. Most often he depicted flowers using different techniques. Delacroix noted that when working on a still life, he always

When Delacroix was in Algiers, he visited the harem, which belonged to a former pirate. When he was introduced to the female half, where the captain’s women in the company

The portrait of one of the artist’s favorite models testifies to the preference given by Delacroix to classical art, which left an indelible imprint on the early and some mature

The plot of the picture Delacroix borrowed from Byron’s poem. Young Don Juan, who after the first adventure with a woman decided to send away from home, from the Seville’s

Portraits of Delacroix wrote always, although this genre was not the leading one in his work. Usually the portraits of the artist were ordered by his acquaintances. So, Prosper-Parfa Gubo,

In the first half of the XIX century, “oriental” motifs were very popular in painting. Especially attracted artists exotic of the Middle East. Increased interest in this world in many

Talent Eugene Delacroix was surprisingly diverse. The artist worked in a variety of easel painting, created cycles of monumental paintings, numerous graphic works. Delacroix’s lithographs to “Faust” received the approval

Delacroix pictured himself in a pose full of dignity. But the expression of the face reveals the discrepancy between the inner self of the artist and his creative research. In

Such horses Delacroix saw on the bank of an African river – smeared with mud, fiercely fighting, piled up. Now they are fighting in the stables – there is a

Delacroix’s favorite plot is a storm and a lonely boat in a stormy sea. In the boat Jesus Christ with the apostles sails to the shore. A storm has begun,

The plot is taken by the artist from the well-known tragedy of the ancient Greek writer Euripides Medea. “Medea’s image is known to us from ancient Greek myths and legends:

Odalisque is the maid, maid, slave; this is a woman from the harem of the Sultan. In the West, the odalisque is perceived as a concubine or sexual slave. In

In his diary, Delacroix wrote that when he leaves his inspiration, he takes one of his favorite books off the shelf and begins reading it, knowing for sure that reading

Eugene painted with passion tigers, lions, horses, their fierce struggle for existence. He deliberately went to the zoo and fed tigers through meat. to see how the tiger tears the