Living in New York gives me the opportunity and pleasure of frequently visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Went last week to see the Eugene Delacroix Exhibition—a showing organized with the Louvre Museum. The exhibit is in two Galleries—I began with his sketches on paper—watercolors, sketchbooks, and old master prints that Delacroix copied plus drawings he made to make ready for major undertakings. He often sketched the tigers and lions at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris and examined the behavior of house cats.
His painting of the tiger is included in another section that holds a wealth of his paintings—four decades of his artistry.
Known as a giant of French Romantic painting in the 19th Century, Delacroix’s paintings are on exhibit in Gallery 899 and may be seen until January 6, 2019; the display includes Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi, Women of Algiers in their Apartment, Self Portrait in a Green Vest and The Abduction of Rebecca.
Delacroix was interested in out of the ordinary subjects, and distant countries and he painted scenes inspired by the writings of Lord Byron and Shakespeare. One of his most famous works, Liberty Leading the People (the July revolution of 1830) was purchased by the French Government in 1831.
He received commissions to paint rooms at the Palace of Versailles.
In later life he devoted periods of time away from Paris. In rural areas he painted still lifes of flowers and numerous versions of paintings called The Lion Hunt.
If you’re visiting NYC, don’t miss the Met.
Bests,
Elise
My eBook,
Scene Stealer, is available wherever eBooks are sold. Flame Tree Publishing will be publishing an anthology of Cozy Mysteries due this January. My story,
A Mouthful of Murder, featuring August Weidenmaier is included.
