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Eugène Delacroix
Étude Pour Une Chasse au Lion

Circa 1860

$55,000
£41,984.79
€48,264.34
CA$77,394.83
A$86,066.26
CHF 45,203.87
MX$1,052,246.44
NOK 563,283.49
SEK 531,024.20
DKK 360,208

About the Item

Étude pour une chasse au lion by Eugene Delacroix (1789-1863) Description: Eugene Delacroix was a famous French Romantic painter whose career is seen to this day as imperative in the shaping of the French Romantic school. He studied at the Lycee Louis-le-Grand and Lycee Pierre Corneille. He was inspired by Baroque painters like Peter Paul Rubens, incorporating the extravagance of early Flemish painting into his work. He was often seen as in direct opposition to the established French Neoclassical school which included artists like Ingres and David. Nevertheless, Delacroix maintained his career as an artist through history paintings and later political paintings such as "Liberty Leading the People." He helped found the famous art school Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. This sketch of a lion is well indicative of his loose, Romantic style. The subject matter he chose is well representative of his interest in North Africa after his travels to Morocco in 1832. He became fascinated with what he deemed as "primitive" cultures and allowed these travels to heavily inform his practice for the rest of his career. The lion, an animal not native to France, was either drawn from life while on this trip or back in France from a reference book. In either case, the animal semiotically serves as a symbol of the colonized, non-European countries Delacroix took primary interest in.
  • Creator:
    Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863, French)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1860
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5.35 in (13.59 cm)Width: 10.71 in (27.21 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1637210319592

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