Tag Archives: Eugene Delacroix

Une fleur bleue

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Patricia Gilbert

Delacroix was arguably the greatest painter of the Romantic era. The musée Delacroix is located where the artist had his studio in a quiet courtyard on rue de Furstenberg near all the chic cafés on the Boulevard Saint-Germain des Prés . Right now, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Travel | Tagged Delacroix, Eugène Delacroix 1798-1863: The Prince of Romanticism, Eugene Delacroix, France, George Sand, Johan Creten, Liberty Leading the People, Musée du Louvre, Musée national Eugène Delacroix, Romanticism | 1 Comment

Emprunter

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Patricia Gilbert

The biggest news on the art scene in Paris this month was the December 12 opening of the Louvre annex in Lens. This relatively small community in the Nord-Pas de Calais is joined to Paris by the high-speed train, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged emprunter, Eugene Delacroix, Kazuyo Sejima, Liberty Leading the People, Louvre-Lens, Mona Lisa, Musée du Louvre, Nord-Pas de Calais, Ryue Nishizawa | 1 Comment

C’est dans le besoin qu’on reconnaît ses amis

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Patricia Gilbert

French Impressionist painter Jean Frédéric Bazille was born on December 6, 1841. His wealthy family lived in Montpellier, in the south of France. He was inspired to pursue painting after seeing Eugène Delacroix’s work, but his family wasn’t too supportive. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged C’est dans le besoin qu'on reconnaît ses amis, en plein air, Eugene Delacroix, Franco-Prussian War, Frédéric Bazille, Impressionism, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Sisley | 6 Comments

Le Radeau de la Méduse

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Patricia Gilbert

The painter of one of the most famous works of the Romantic era, Frenchman Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was born on September 26, 1791. He abandoned his formal art studies to copy masters at the Louvre for five years. He was also … Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged Eugene Delacroix, Le Radeau de la Méduse, Musée du Louvre, Raft of the Medusa, Romanticism, Théodore Géricault | 5 Comments

Faire un dessin

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Patricia Gilbert

The Morgan Library in New York has a special exhibit entitled David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre open now until December 31, 2011. The exhibit features 80 drawings made between 1789 and 1852 by the best French … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Events | Tagged David Delacroix and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre, drawings, Eugene Delacroix, faire un dessin, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Louvre, Morgan Library | Leave a comment

Un objet parfaitement beau comporte un parfait simplicité

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Patricia Gilbert

Eugène Delacroix, the greatest of the French Romantic painters, was born on April 26, 1798. His most famous painting is the monumental La Liberté guidant le peuple, see Vouloir, c’est pouvoir. It’s an allegory of the French people resisting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Literature, People, Photography | Tagged Eugene Delacroix, Félix Nadar, Henry David Thoreau, La Liberté guidant le peuple, Un objet parfaitement beau comporte un parfait simplicité, vouloir c'est pouvoir | 6 Comments

Le tout Paris

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Patricia Gilbert

Félix Nadar, born April 6 1820, was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, an early French photographer. He was the first to take aerial photographs, for which he used a hot air balloon. Nadar was also the first to experiment … Continue reading →