Eugène Delacroix – The Great French Romantic Painter

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) was a leading French Romantic painter whose passionate work with color and expressive brushstrokes played a major role in influencing the forthcoming Impressionist movement. He often used Greek and Roman romantic themes in his paintings. He is more well known for his use of contemporary struggles such as the Greeks and Turks conflict as depicted in Massacre at Chios, and Greek independence as shown in Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi. “Liberty Leading the People” is

Patterns Included In This Set

Massacre at Chios

Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi

Death of Sardanapalus

Liberty Leading the People

Sultan of Morocco

Self Portrait

Frédéric Chopin

George Sand

Orphan Girl in a Cemetery

Andromeda

Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains

Mademoiselle Rose

The Barque of Dante

Aspasia

The Natchez

The Sea at Dieppe

Women of Algiers

Fanatics of Tangier

Pietà

Lion Hunt

Baron Schwiter

Jewish Bride

Massacre at Chios (Detail)

Female Nude Reclining on a Divan

Woman with a Parrot

Justice

Arab Saddling His Horse

A Mad Woman

Self-Portrait as Ravenswood