#expodelacroix

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix And to end, a photograph of the painter and a photograph of his paintings. Some of them I see at @metmuseum , some I’ve seen at @museelouvre , and why all the way on the left they had the predatory study of but no longer exists. Photographs of Paris’s Salons fascinate me to no end and this one was just my favorite I’ve ever seen. (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoEKWmHmiK-6tJaybaznvHEvsAyYx-CFqehZg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rvfue5cnyp48

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix Phases of work for a church piece my partner and I saw in Paris in August in a massive church I told myself I wouldn’t forget the name of but that I have. I’m sure I posted the pictures though, it was from when it rained. (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoD-NXH2bz8w4fqdfC2GKjTgPIsoXs960uUEY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14bkziug12hmb

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix Towards the end we got to some really unusual pieces that I had not expected from Delacroix, the horse scene not withstanding. Honestly that one I thought was fine but whatever until the placard called attention to: the knight is a woman disguised as a man, the rich woman stripping is trying to seduce the knight, and — best part — that horse can’t be bothered. (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoDxT8HgGvRM4YhP-juAjmIPzbeTBH34kq9k40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fzltpbjldg52

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix This was interesting juxtaposition of what Delacroix had originally intended in his predatory work for Medea about to Kill her Children and what he ended up going with. Seeing his process was probably one of the highlights of this exhibit that I don’t feel @museelouvre has ever been able to capture in the same way. (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoDZCrHVJozR7xDeHjXo5c-ng1meHa9N2B4Oo0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w3sbjk568p1m

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix Delacroix in his Moroccan phase, which was interesting for pointing out that he used the word “apartment” for his painting of the women rather than “harem” as his contemporaries might have preferred to sound more exotic; and a painting of a woman having just given birth because… I realized upon seeing it that I’ve never seen that before. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoDJy1HZJxyMdWg3TQu9dcq63JIVaBPGh_x2Q0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rxnfbtpshtv4

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix illustrations for Faust including preliminary sketches and rough drafts with doodles all around them. (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoC28AHVNs-ODHsW35NXbM_OM2by4ZE6HpzVY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1egx05enyl8dt

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix more historical works than before, including Jean Le Bon about to be captured by the English, the death of the duke of burgundy as an anti hero, and a preparatory painting and personal copy of The Death if Sardanapalus, probably one of his most controversial though in 1828 that was because it wasn’t neoclassical. (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoCl6CneDv18FHSbL3UWtc5AAgCJ4B-Cl3FiI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y127x66j457b

#EugeneDelacroix #ExpoDelacroix all mostly from early in his career, it was fascinating to see the breadth of what Delacroix painted beyond historical and allegorical works. There were also so many small paintings, often bought by wealthy gentleman for their “private collection,” which despite the sexual undertone are equally given attention to detail and color and light and composition. Though maybe ever so slightly less than the Salon pieces. 😉 (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsoB2tNHP0-KHB1iSqd9TlPU9KDWXf4UNtX25w0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p6vv7y5sl0ql