There's a new retrospective of EUGENE DELACROIX(the first since 1963) at the Louvre. Its on until july 23rd. DELACROIX'S self-portrait looks a little cat-like. Oui o non?
Cats big and small show up in his paintings repeatedly. So does this gent show up in my photos. Grrrr
A watercolor sketch with the anatomy well-defined, yet subservient to the emotional power of a resting cat about to attack.
The attack! Roiling cats get the better of these poor soldiers. How did Delacroix get the poses so perfectly? I wanted to lay a paw on this gent...
Marvelous lively cat doodles fill the margins of Delacroix's lithographs, yet have nothing to do with the litho's subject matter, but they definitely enliven it.
Horses too are a favorite subject
Delacroix was also a lobster man.
And an Orientalist par excellent. This painting is huge. The figures slightly larger than life-size.
Serene and graceful, the details create a lush, exotic atmosphere, little still lives hidden within a bigger picture.
A wonderful small oil study of Moroccan slippers, baboushes. Delacroix traveled many times to Morocco along with French diplomats, all expenses paid, as every artist would prefer to travel.
His Moroccan sketchbooks are reknown for their intimate views of quotidian life. Delicate pen sketches and superb watercolors are a stark contrast to his energetic, often violent, big ambitious paintings.
Then again here's a perfect, small study of a reclining odalisque with oriental touches.
Delacroix did many loose oil studies in preparation for the bigger commissions.
Like this complex composition.
I didn't know his big flower paintings before seeing this exhibit. Not your usual pretty paintings, they're full of energy.
Viewing the Delacroix retrospective was my break from an Urban Sketchers workshop in the Louvre courtyard.
Our assignment - paint the gazillion tourists racing by. I decided to focus on subject matter standing still instead. Please TAKE A LOOK on Etsy. And let me know if you'd like to get mail from Paris. Have a Bonne Week PBers xxx
It's true that when I hear the name Delacroix, the first image that comes to mind is of tigers. I wasn't familiar with these other paintings--thank you for the enlightenment!
His talents and repertoire of skills was vaste. A writer, sketcher, watercolorist, pastel, religious murals, it goes on and on. I dont think he made sculpture nor played a musical instrument.
Delacroix played the piano very well, and did so for relaxation. Amongst his many notebook cat sketches is a drawing of himself as a sitting cat, holding a brush in one paw writing "1831" on the canvas before it.
I Love the Delacroix museum...a treasure and rarely crowded. The abundance of floral paintings surprised me but maybe they were commissioneed at the time
It's true that when I hear the name Delacroix, the first image that comes to mind is of tigers. I wasn't familiar with these other paintings--thank you for the enlightenment!
ReplyDeleteHis talents and repertoire of skills was vaste. A writer, sketcher, watercolorist, pastel, religious murals, it goes on and on. I dont think he made sculpture nor played a musical instrument.
DeleteDelacroix played the piano very well, and did so for relaxation. Amongst his many notebook cat sketches is a drawing of himself as a sitting cat, holding a brush in one paw writing "1831" on the canvas before it.
DeleteI couldn't associate him with anything really..now I can..Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed his museum on my last visit & love his flower paintings - so big & bold. Received my map today and watercolor for re-upping - Merci, Carol.
ReplyDeleteI Love the Delacroix museum...a treasure and rarely crowded.
DeleteThe abundance of floral paintings surprised me but maybe they were commissioneed at the time
Thanks for taking us to the Delacroix exhibit...masterful!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this new interesting report !
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