In a particular moment like the one France is experiencing, the Louvre museum is reading Delacroix's work that is influenced by the climate of Romanticism, a current that pushes artists to connect more with history and with contemporary events .
Delacroix is as interested in the works of his contemporaries as in the great achievements of the past. He went to the theater and the opera. When he's not immersed in a book, he can be found in Parisian salons or in Nohant, at George Sand's, where he loves listening to Chopin's music.
At work in his studio, he was inspired by Ovid, Shakespeare and Lord Byron
Eugène Delacroix he also aims to stage his paintings like a scene from a comedy: lights from below, red curtains, expressive gestures and poses… and we play the audience. An entry in his 1822 diary reads: “A writer has to say almost everything to make himself understood, but in painting it is as if a mysterious bridge was established between the minds of the people depicted and the viewer. ".
The works in the painter's former apartment highlight the non Delacroix to embrace theater and music, while his portraits illuminate the viewer's place in front of the painting. The link between literature and painting is highlighted in the painter's studio. In parallel with the new layout of the Delacroix museum collection, visitors can take advantage of conferences, collective animations, guided tours and animations recounting theatrical visits, art studios and walks in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district.
Il Musée National Eugène-Delacroix it is found in the apartment and studio where Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) lived and worked for several years, from 1857 until his death
Museum visitors can now visit the dining room, drawing room and bedroom of the painter's apartment on the first floor of the building and view the works on display. The visit continues in the painter's studio, which overlooks a charming little garden. Delacroix had the studio built himself and worked surrounded by thousands of sketches and drawings, as well as memorabilia he brought back from his trip to Morocco. The Musée National Eugène-Delacroix has continued to grow over the years and now boasts paintings, drawings, prints and correspondence by Eugène Delacroix and his contemporaries, thus exploring Delacroix's work and his creative process through a variety of themes: romantic painting, his trip to Morocco, religious painting, monumental decoration, etc.
Il Musée National Eugène-Delacroix has a unique place in the public institution of the Musée du Louvre, which he joined in 2004. In addition to the administrative and legal attachment, there are clear links between the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix and the Musée du Louvre, since the Louvre exhibits some of the artist's most famous works such as Liberty Leading the People, The Death of Sardanapalus and The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment, as well as three travelogues from Morocco and an outstanding collection of drawings. Eugène Delacroix painted one of his most iconic decorative works in the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon: Apollo Kills the Python.
For fans of Delacroix, a visit to the Musée Delacroix, the last building in which the artist lived and worked
Delacroix and the Arts “A mysterious bridge” presentation of the collection open until 18 September Louvre Museum
