Eugène Delacroix

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863) was an important painter from the French romantic period.

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Eugene Delacroix also illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, and the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He is also well known for his Journals, in which he expressed his views on art as well as a variety of topics.

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William Shakespeare - Sir Walter Scott - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Throughout his life Delacroix remained the preeminent French romantic painter in the tradition of Michelangelo and Rubens. He painted the famous portrait of the composer Frederic Chopin.

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Michelangelo - Frederic Chopin

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Eugene Delacroix died in Paris, France and was interred there in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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Paris, France - Père Lachaise Cemetery

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