Romantic Quotes Biography
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Dramatic and romantic content characterized the central themes of his art in paintings as well as in his graphic art. To find inspiration for his urge to express the exotic element, Delacroix travelled to Africa (Tunis). The romantic English poet Byron – with whom Delacroix shared a strong identification (the ‘forces of the sublime’), in nature, inspired his art.
Characteristic in Delacroix’s painting style are the use of expressive and dynamic brush strokes and his characteristic use of strong colours, the result of his serious study of the optical effects of colours, which he learned to combine in a new, expressive and dynamic way. In the words of the poet Baudelaire, ‘Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.’
During his life Delacroix found broad recognition, despite the continuing struggle he had with the classical painter Ingres, in full view of the public in Paris. From 1833 Delacroix received numerous commissions to decorate public buildings in Paris with large murals, such as the Salon du Roi in Palais Bourbon, the Library at the Palais Bourbon and the Library at the Palais du Luxembourg. From 1848 to 1850 he painted the ceiling in the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre.
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