Nu comme habillé, musée Delacroix

 

It was fitting that a fashion shoot should be taking place at Place de Furstenburg, 

Near the Delacroix museum,

Where  a small exhibit of paintings, ‘Nu Comme Habillé/Naked As Dressed’ related to fashion and how Delacroix painted fabrics.

I was hoping to see real garments 

Of the period represented...

But it was mainly a slide show of line engravings

With a few exceptions

An example of Delacroix’ rich rendering of the blue embroidered silk. 

A line engraving of Delacroix. He loved painting scenes from Shakespeare and historic moments.

The fun part are the casual doodles/esquisses in the borders of the print. Delacroix was a master draftsman ✏️ 

His fascination with Morocco led to many small studies of the richly detailed clothing. A study of Moroccan embroidered slippers. 

For a larger more developed painting (not in the exhibit).

There were many small loose studies for larger paintings you can find in the Louvre etc.

While Delacroix was disdainful of the dandyish fashion trends of his time

His renderings of fabrics and small details were immaculate.

I always loved this notebook in the bookshop with Delacroix’s paint daubs & doodles on the cover.

I always loved their lovely garden 

At the museum.

There used to be a resident cat..but it was in hiding.

I came home 

Wanting to paint 🎨 

Paris green garden chairs…

Pretty uneventful, after all the excitement of the last few weeks…

So I succumbed to an ice cream cone 😊 from Une Glace à Paris.

Today I discovered while browsing…

The infamous Olympics muffin Chocolat. I succumbed without hesitation. After all this is a taste of history!

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It was surprisingly not too sugary! 👏 

HURRAY (I only ate 1/2 yum 😋)