Eugene Delacroix
Eugene Delacroix was born at Charenton, near Paris in 1798. Delacroix attended Lycee Louis-le-Grand where he won many awards and succeeded in many sketches. His uncle encouraged him to continue on with his passion for art at the Beaux-Arts Academy in Paris. Eugene was influenced early on in his career by English landscapists and a man named William Hogarth. He made many trips to other countries to become more inspired and to learn more techniques. He even spent six months in Morocco and was fascinated by local life and land.
His most known piece is “The Latter”, which represents liberty and freedom. He was also the leader of the French Romanticism art movement. He later died in 1863.
I chose “Sardanapulus” on page 73, in A World of Art Text Book. The painting was created in 1878. The work of art shows a king watching his servants, acquaintances and animals being slaughtered under his order of command. The painting is intense in showing death although there is beauty reflecting from the gory image.
Cited Source: Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/delacroix.htm YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQLwAYSHH0U&feature=fvst
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