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Eugène Delacroix

Born

in Charenton (Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne), Île-de-France, France

April 26, 1798

Died

August 13, 1893

Genre

Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences

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Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott and the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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 color and movemen ...more

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	Delphi Complete Paintings of Eugene Delacroix by Eugène Delacroix, Peter Russell 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eugene Delacroix: Selected Letters, 1813-1863 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1971 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scritti sull'arte 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journal de Eugène Delacroix: Tome 1. 1823-1850 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1893 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metafísica y belleza 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832: The Travel Notebooks and Other Writings 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Puente De La Visión: Antología De Los Diarios really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journal de Eugène Delacroix: Tome 2. 1850-1854 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	VIAJE A MARRUECOS Y ANDALUCIA TIM-5 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
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― Eugene Delacroix

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“What drives men of genius is their obsession with the idea that what has already been done is not good enough.”
― Eugène Delacroix

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“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”
― Eugene Delacroix

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