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Eugène Delacroix
Early 19th century multiple etchings figures nude woman military man

1833

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This piece is a framed set of two original etchings by Eugene Delacroix. Under each etching is the original title in French, "Un Homme d'Arme du Temps de Francois" and "Etude de Femme Vue de Dos". The top etching is signed and monogrammed in the plate by Delacroix and the bottom etching has Delacroix's monogram in the upper right corner. TOP: 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" art BOTTOM: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" art 21 3/4" x 14 3/4" frame Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798-August 13, 1863) was the most important of the French Romantic painters. 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 movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modeled form. Dramatic and romantic content characterized the central themes of his maturity, and led him not to the classical models of Greek and Roman art, but to travel in North Africa, in search of the exotic. Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault, Delacroix was also inspired by Byron, with whom he shared a strong identification with the "forces of the sublime", of nature in often violent action. However, Delacroix was given neither to sentimentality nor bombast, and his Romanticism was that of an individualist. In the words of Baudelaire, "Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible." Delacroix's most influential work came in 1830 with the painting Liberty Leading the People , which for choice of subject and technique highlights the differences between the romantic approach and the neoclassical style. Probably Delacroix's best known painting, it is an unforgettable image of Parisians, having taken up arms, marching forward under the banner of the tricolour representing liberty and freedom; Delacroix was inspired by contemporary events to invoke the romantic image of the spirit of liberty. The soldiers lying dead in the foreground offer poignant counterpoint to the symbolic female figure, who is illuminated triumphantly, as if in a spotlight. Eugène Delacroix died in Paris, France and was buried there in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
  • Creator:
    Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1833
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.75 in (55.25 cm)Width: 14.75 in (37.47 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 940d1stDibs: LU60532245993
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