The Man himself

This is him! this is Eugene Delacroix. SUPER SEXY RIGHT!


Don't worry we will start off with the basics.


This is Eugene Delacroix. Rumor has it that his full name was Fredinand Victor Delacroix, but probably due to much teasing he shortened his name to Eugene. Rumor also has it that he shouldn't even really be a Delacroix his "father" had some major surgery that makes it almost impossible for Eugene to be his son, So he is just a secret "or not so secret"love child, and since he is changing his name and isn't really a Delacroix he should have worked harder on a more interesting or catchy name. Could have helped him sell more art.



working out a little wouldn't have
hurt either...

I know what your thinking... I want to buy soo much art!

Delacroix was born in 1798 and died in 1863 so he was 65 years old when he died. But in that 65 years so much happened Napoleon was still at large when he was born to the American Civil war across the pond. A lot has happend and a lot has changed in Delacroix's life time and so has his art.

Time to say what Delacroix was known for...

He is known for being a Romantic painter awwww how sweet

He wasn't just any old romantic painter he was the "THE" Romantic painter Delacroix was considered to be the greatest (or the Best) Romnatic figure pantier! He was the only master therefore he is the leader. I guess that wasn't enough for our good ole Fredin or Gene, or whatever he goes by these days, no, no it was not enough!

Eugene also started to lean twords impressionism. I don't think it happened on purpose or that he decided one day that he was gonna be one. He had such loose brush strokes and I think he was just experimenting and one day poof he's an impressionist

now thats pretty impressive. He was also know for being an realist and an orientalist but we will get into that later

look at that impression

Portrait of Chopin and i1837 and

Delacroix was really a spritual guy he thought you could capture part of the person's spiritual intensity with the portrait. He was really into the whole sublime stuff that was going on at the time.

What made a painting sublime you ask well let me tell you.

If you find the picture to be striking and moving and it really makes you feel. Now I believe Delacroix was able to make this happen a few times people were really moved when they saw his paintings.

Now I wouldn't say that these paintings are sublime

but I would say they are very striking.

People found the portrait of Chopin to be more exciting and expressive and more alive.

He's the guy on the right.

Even though you see way more of Paganini.

But you want to know a secret

Eugene was friends with Chopin he knew him on a personal

level and I think that showed in the painting.

Hamlet and Horatio in the Churchyard 1859

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Hamlet quote (Act II, Sc. II). Oh Hamlet

Delacroix actually really loved music, art and litature they were his three loves

since he never tied the knot with anyone.

Delacroix loved plays when it came to all three of these art forms Eugene loved the classics best.

Its not that he didn't like contemporary stuff its just that when he compared the two the classics always came on top.

its not that he didn't admire the new thrilling bold ideas. He found though that the new ideas if they were polished and prefected like the Classics do they would be the best that they ever possibly could be.

So sorry Shakespear Delacroix found that Racine was the supreme dramatist.

Although Racine never inspired any art....strange

Even though Delacroix liked the classics more he himself was considered contemporary.

How Ironic

Lion and Cayman 1855

Fun Fact about Delacroix is that he wasn't that into reality. He finds it lame

and not very exciting and since he didn't have

video games growing up he had to use his imagination.

reality is over rated!

Delacroix loved exotic things he even traveled to South Africa to find things that were exotic. His paint takes place in an exotic land with exotic animals

Now how often do you see a cayman and a Lion fighting? probably Never!! unless you have see the Battle at Kruger

but this is clearly all in Delacroix's head and its a pretty awesome scene

Attila the Hun and his Hordes overrun Italy 1843

Attila the Hun He was the fearless leader of the Huns for about 20 years and feared by most of the Roman empire.
This is a good example of Eugenes intrest in oriental or just something thats different and not European.
You can see that Eugene is intrested in costumes he loved the different clothing he found Fance to be boring.
I found it interesting though that with as much intrest as Eugene had with other cultures and other places that Attila doesn't really look Asian in this painting.
He looks very euopean. I could be that Delacroix didn't really know what he looked like but I also heard that Attila was half asian.

We will give Eugene the benifit of the doubt.

Remember how we said Delacroix liked color and being expressive with his paint brush...
okay maybe we didn't say the paint brush part but I'm telling ya now.
if you look at Attila's horse you will see ther rare intensity of the horse.
Just because of the brush stroke
crazy!

Taking of Constantinople by the crusaders 1840

This work reminds me what David would do.

Even though Delacroix and David are very different. But the reason for this is becasue this painting is like a historic event. They aren't in classic clothing so thats a big difference so this is a romantic painting. But just the way everything is set up. Both David and Delacroix are masters at drawing the human figure.

Look they look great and the color choices look about the same.
But one huge difference would be that David made everything clean and polished and you would never ever and I mean EVER see any brushstrokes.

Delacroix as we know is totally cool with showing his brush strokes. Making this painting both romantic and impressionistic.

I personally like Delacroix more then David but I wonder what would have happened if they would paint the same subject who would do it better?

Femmes D'Alger 1834

This is the perfect example of Delacroix's intrest in
the oriental or in the foregin
Although I am sure that Eugene did a good job
making the women look like themselves
but I don't know how true his whole scene is.
I mean I doubt the women just sat around all day.
That is what it appears to be though
This might have started some negative thoughts about these woman and where they came from. But hopefully most people would look at this and admire it as a painting.
Either way I don't think Delacroix would ever want to represent them negatively. I don't think so at all.