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Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə k r w ɑː, ˌ d ɛ l ə ˈ k r w ɑː / DEL-ə-krwah, - KRWAH, French: [øʒɛn dəlakʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
- 13 August 1863 (aged 65), Paris, France
- Painting, lithography
- Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix, 26 April 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Île-de-France, France
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
May 7, 2024 · 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 development of both Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting.
Summary of Eugène Delacroix. Delacroix is widely regarded as the leader of the Romantic movement in 19 th -century French art. His life and work embodied the movement's concern for emotion, exoticism, and the sublime, and his painting style - full of lush, agitated brushwork and pulsating with vivid color - was in direct contrast to the cool ...
- French
- April 26, 1798
- Charenton Saint Maurice, Paris, France
- August 24, 1863
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 drawings. His work both shaped the Impressionist artists and inspired the Symbolist movement.
- April 26, 1798
- August 13, 1863
Apr 2, 2014 · Find out how French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix influenced the development of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, on Biography.com.
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Eugène Delacroix was born in 1798, the son of Charles Delacroix who had served briefly as minister of foreign affairs under the Directory and who was on a mission to Holland, as the ambassador of the French Republic, at the time of his son's birth. His mother, Victoire Oeben, was descended from a family of artisans and craftsmen.
Eugène Delacroix drew inspiration from the events of 1830 for a painting that he submitted to the Salon of 1831: Liberty Leading the People, a monumental canvas that mixes classical allegory with contemporary realism. The painting was purchased by the government and exhibited at the Musée du Luxembourg, then a museum for living artists ...
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