From the artist's life
A trip to Morocco transformed Delacroix, who filled notebooks with North African light and colour that fed his art for decades.
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Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was the leading painter of French Romanticism. He painted Liberty Leading the People right after the July Revolution of 1830, and it became the emblem of revolution itself.
Delacroix's expressive colour and energy paved the way for the Impressionists and for modern painting.
- Led Romanticism against the cold restraint of Neoclassicism.
- Painted Liberty Leading the People, an icon of revolution.
- His vivid colour theory directly inspired the Impressionists.
Key works
Where to start
Complete list of key works
Works with a dedicated ArtAtlas page are highlighted in gold.
- Liberty Leading the PeopleOn ArtAtlas
- Death of SardanapalusListed for reference
- The Massacre at ChiosListed for reference
- The Barque of DanteListed for reference
- The Women of AlgiersListed for reference
- Greece on the Ruins of MissolonghiListed for reference
- Orphan Girl at the CemeteryListed for reference
- Entry of the Crusaders in ConstantinopleListed for reference
- Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George SandListed for reference
- Jewish Wedding in MoroccoListed for reference
- MedeaListed for reference
- Woman with a ParrotListed for reference
1830
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People is a painting of the Romantic era by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 that toppled King Charles X.