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Eugène Delacroix

French painter

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Delacroix was one of the most innovative and successful painters of the first half of the 19th century. He is known as the last great history painter and his art is the ideal of Romanticism in the visual arts. Delacroix's career is marked by the paradox between the revolutionary and the conventional. He was in conflict with the artist Ingres and was seen as the leading figure of the French Romantic movement; he was famed for undermining the tradition of painting established by David, yet he benefited from official patronage from the beginning of the Restoration (1814-1830) until the Second Empire (1852-1870).

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500115509.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to Eugène Delacroix:

Eugène Delacroix Les Ecrivesses à Longchamps, 1822 Lithograph on medium-weight white laid paper
Eugène Delacroix Studies of Two Male Figures, ca. 1857 Graphite drawing on papier calque laid down on stiff cream wove paper backing
Eugène Delacroix A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron), 1833 Aquatint
Eugène Delacroix Macbeth. Toil and Trouble: Fire burn and cauldron bubble, 1825 Lithograph mounted down on white wove paper
Eugène Delacroix Four Antique Medals (Quatre Médailles Antiques), 1825 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Six Antique Medals (Six Medailles Antiques), 1825 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Nine Antique Medals (Neuf Médailles Antiques), 1825 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Twelve Antique Medals (Douze Médailles Antiques), 1825 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Portrait of Goethe, 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles in the Air (Méphistophélès dans les airs), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust in His Study (Faust dans son cabinet), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust and Wagner (Faust et Wagner), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust, Mephistopheles, and the Water Dog (Faust, Méphistophélès et le barbet), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles Appearing to Faust (Méphistophélès apparaissant à Faust), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles Receiving the Student (Méphistophélès recevant l’écolier), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles in the Students’ Tavern (Méphistophélès dans la taverne des étudiants), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust Trying to Seduce Marguerite (Faust cherchant à séduire Marguerite), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles Presents Himself in Marthe’s Home (Méphistophélès se présente chez Marthe), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Marguerite at Her Spinning Wheel (Marguerite au rouet), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Duel of Faust and Valentin (Duel de Faust et de Valentin), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles and Faust Fleeing after the Duel (Méphistophélès et Faust fuyant après le duel), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Mephistopheles and Faust Fleeing after the Duel [with the address of Varyon] (Méphistophélès et Faust fuyant après le duel [avec l’adresse de Varyon]), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Marguerite at the Church (Marguerite à l’église), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust and Mephistopheles in the Hartz Mountains (Faust et Méphistophélès dans les montagnes du Hartz), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Marguerite’s Shadow Appearing to Faust (L’ombre de Marguerite apparaissant à Faust), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust and Mephistopheles Galloping on the Night of the Sabbath (Faust et Méphistophélès galopant dans la nuit du Sabbat), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust in Marguerite’s Prison (Faust dans la prison de Marguerite), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Jane Shore, 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix A Wild Horse Emerging from Water (Cheval sauvage sortant de l’eau), 1828 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Lion of the Atlas Mountains (Lion d’Atlas), 1829 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Tigre Royal, 1829 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Vercingétorix, 1829 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother (Jeune Tigre jouant avec sa Mêre), 1831 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Muletiers de Tetuan, 19th century Pen lithograph on loose China paper
Eugène Delacroix Women of Algiers (Femmes d’Alger), 1833 Pen lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Young Clifford Finding the Body of His Father (La jeune Clifford trouvant le corps de son père sur le champ de bataille de Saint-Alban), 1834 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: title page, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Weislingen, Prisoner of Goetz, 19th century Lithograph on China paper applied to velin
Eugène Delacroix Lion Devouring a Horse (Lion Devorant un Cheval), 1844 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Tigre en Arret, 19th century Cliché-verre
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Cher Hamlet…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Mon destin…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Je suis l’esprit…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Que lisez vous…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Voudriez-vous…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: C’est une intrigue…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: A présent je puis…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Qu’est ce donc?, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: N’ajoute rien…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Vraiment ce conseiller…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Ses vêtements…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Ce crâne…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Hamlet: Ah! je meurs…, 1834-1843 Lithograph
Eugène Delacroix Faust: portfolio cover, 1828 Lithograph
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