. Eugène Delacroix. O. o EUGEJ{E DELACHpIX which we have already mentioned; scenesfrom Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe and Scottare constantly recurring under his brush; stilllife, flowers and animals attracted him no constantly used to go to the Jardin desPlantes, where at one period he studied wildbeasts in company with the famous sculptor,Barye. He is the true painter who knowsthe whole of Nature, says Delacroix, in hisJournal, and certainly his great range andexcellence in every style of painting come fromthe thoroughness with which he studied allhe saw. The names of a few of his morei

---

. Eugène Delacroix. O. o EUGEJ{E DELACHpIX which we have already mentioned; scenesfrom Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe and Scottare constantly recurring under his brush; stilllife, flowers and animals attracted him no constantly used to go to the Jardin desPlantes, where at one period he studied wildbeasts in company with the famous sculptor,Barye. He is the true painter who knowsthe whole of Nature, says Delacroix, in hisJournal, and certainly his great range andexcellence in every style of painting come fromthe thoroughness with which he studied allhe saw. The names of a few of his moreimportant works may be mentioned : LePrisonnier de Chilian (1834), painted for theDuke of Orleans; a St. Sebastian for the Churchof Nantua (1836) ; La Bataille de Taillebourg(1837), ^ large canvas for the historical galleriesof Versailles; Les Convulsionnaires de Tanger(1838) ; a Medee Furieuse (1838), now in theLille Gallery ; and La Noce Juive au Maroc(1839), ^^ ^^^ Louvre. We will, however,stop to speak more particula

---

Size: 1372px × 1822px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1912