. Eugène Delacroix. H<! n P4 EUGEDiE DELACIipIX when Delacroix was under the influence ofthe English, and are reminiscent of theirmethods. On his return from Morocco achange comes over his colouring, and new shadesand tones appear in his works. If we examinethe Femmes d^Alger, one of his most character-istic pictures from the point of view of lightand colouring, we see at a glance that thegeneral effect is fresher and more delicate thanformerly. Instead of the gold and amber lightof his earlier pictures with their red, brown andbituminous shadows, we have an atmosphereof pearly-grey, which
. Eugène Delacroix. H<! n P4 EUGEDiE DELACIipIX when Delacroix was under the influence ofthe English, and are reminiscent of theirmethods. On his return from Morocco achange comes over his colouring, and new shadesand tones appear in his works. If we examinethe Femmes d^Alger, one of his most character-istic pictures from the point of view of lightand colouring, we see at a glance that thegeneral effect is fresher and more delicate thanformerly. Instead of the gold and amber lightof his earlier pictures with their red, brown andbituminous shadows, we have an atmosphereof pearly-grey, which gives harmony andaccent to the notes of pure, rich colour. Thatorange handkerchief owes nothing to Rubens;that tender and charming pink, which is setoff by the pure black beside it, cannot befound in any of the old masters ; the freshwhite of the chemisette is very different fromthe creamy whites he had been in the habitof using. The frank and simple execution ofthis picture, the brilliancy, and above all, theharmon
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