Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix 1 item

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863): French artist generally regarded as the leader of the Romantic school. A great influence on the Impressionists due to his studies of optical effects through expressive brushwork. Delacroix … Read Morewas heavily influenced by the Venetian Renaissance artists, as opposed to the Neoclassical school that dominated his day. He was a keen traveller who sought out the exotic and sublime in nature. Passion is the prevalent emotion in his history paintings, such as ‘Liberty Leading the People.’ Delacroix also produced lithographs for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Liberty Leading the People 28 July 1830 c.1830-31 (oil on canvas)

by Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix

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