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Why is Delacroix considered a Romantic painter?

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Why is Delacroix considered a Romantic painter?
Delacroix is considered a Romantic painter due to the era in which he worked and his artistic style. From the outset of his career in the early 19th century, he was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school. In contrast to the neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Eugène Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance, with an attendant emphasis on color and movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modeled form. Dramatic and romantic content characterized the central themes of his maturity. Shop a collection of Eugène Delacroix art on 1stDibs.
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Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre (Tiger Lying at the Entrance to its Lair)
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching, drypoint, and roulette on watermarked Hallines cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (95 x 148 mm), full margins. A very good impression of this charming image, with all of...
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Early 19th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Faust, Méphistophélès et le Barbet / Faust, Méphistophélès and the Water Spaniel
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph on Chine appliqué, 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (235 x 206 mm), full margins. First state (of 4). Extremely minor uniform age tone, otherwise in good condition. A superb, richly-inked impression. [Delteil 61.1] ______ At an early age Delacroix became a lover of music and literature and had been drawing from the time he entered school.  He expected painting would be a hobby, but on the death of his father he found he had to make his own way in life.  In 1817 he entered the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin; amongst his fellow pupils was Gericault.  His first exhibited work was Dante and Virgil...
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Early 19th Century Barbizon School Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Handmade Paper

The Italian Poet Tasso in the Madhouse - Etching
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Paris, IDF
Eugène DELACROIX (1798-1863) Tasso in the Madhouse Engraving after a drawing Signed on the plate On vellum 38 x 50 cm INFORMATION: In 1839, Delacroix painted his famous painting "T...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Muletiers de Tetuan, Modern Lithograph by Eugene Delacroix
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eugene Delacroix, French (1798 - 1863) - Muletiers de Tetuan, Year: 1833, Medium: Lithograph on Japon, Image Size: 8 x 10.5 inches, Size: 9.5 x 14 in. (24.13 x 35.56 cm), Publisher...
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1830s Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Un Forgeron - Etching by Eugène Delacroix - 1870s
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Roma, IT
Un Forgeron is an artwork realized by Eugène Delacroix in the 1870s. Etching. Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative of the publisher...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Surprise - Etching by François Chifflart - 1860s
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Roma, IT
Surprise is a black and White etching realized by François Chifflart in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower. Image size: 24x32. Very good impression with wide margins and a very fresh...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

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