Eugene Delacroix: 150 Masterpieces

This Art Book with Foreword by Maria Tsaneva contains 150 selected reproductions of paintings, pastels, watercolors and drawings from Eugene Delacroix. Eugene Delacroix was the greatest French painter of the Romantic Movement. In spite of being hailed as the leader of the Romantic Movement, his predilection for exotic and emotionally charged subject-matter, and his open hostility with Ingres, Delacroix always claimed loyalty to the classical tradition. In his later career he became one of the most distinguished monumental mural painters. Delacroix's output was enormous. After his death his executors found more than 9,000 paintings, pastels, and drawings in his studio and he prided himself on the speed at which he worked, declaring 'If you are not skilful enough to sketch a man falling out of a window during the time it takes him to get from the fifth level to the ground, then you will never be able to produce monumental work.' Among great painters he was also one of the finest writers on art. His influence, particularly through his use of color, was prodigious, inspiring Renoir, Seurat, and van Gogh among others.

Author: Maria Tsaneva
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 12/30/2014
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d
ISBN13: 9781505854428
ISBN10: 1505854423
BISAC Categories:
- Art | European

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