Eugene Delacroix: A collection of 136 paintings (HD)

Eugene Delacroix: A collection of 136 paintings (HD) Description: “French painter and draftsman. His father was a minister of foreign affairs and later ambassador during the French revolution. Rumour has it that Eugène’s real father was the prominent diplomat Talleyrand. Delacroix would soon become the most important member of the French romantic movement. He was influenced by the work of Rubens and Veronese and later by that of Velàzquez and Goya. In 1825 he spent a few months in England, where he was inspired by the poet Lord Byron and the landscape painter Constable. An inheritance and good contacts in higher circles enabled him to fully focus on his work as an artist. Most of his work is historic, with subjects such as classical battles. After a journey through Spain, Algeria and Morocco (1832) his work paid much attention to exociticism and orientalism - typical romantic subjects. Besides painting he also illustrated several book publications, such as the works of Shak