Delacroix And Nature
Delacroix loved nature. He plunged into the comtemplation of the sea and landscapes, and took many trips to the countryside, staying in his home in Champrosay or with his friend George Sand in the Berry region. Throughout his career, he lovingly described the beauty of nature in his Journal and in his letters. He sketched with sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye at the Jardin des Plantes menagerie. Animals remained an inexhaustable source of interest to him.
But beyond the curiosity, pleasure and relaxation derived from its observation, nature was above all for Eug猫ne Delacroix a subject of study. The shape of a leaf, the colours of a flower, the texture of fur, the curve of an animal鈥檚 spine.... Delacroix delighted in the manifold details before his eyes, and eagerly made them the focus of countless studies. Featured in the Delacroix and Nature exhibition, rare landscapes painted by Delacroix, as well as a number of the painter鈥檚 sketches and drawings, form a collection of personal herberia, bestiaries and study sheets that Delacroix would never display to the public during his lifetime. Bringing a fresh perspective to what nature has to offer, the exhibition invites visitors to follow in Delacroix鈥檚 footsteps and look at nature with an artist鈥檚 eye.
Delacroix and Nature continues at the heart of the painter鈥檚 studio with a discovery of Eug猫ne Delacroix鈥檚 creative process, and the way in which he reappropriated nature to reinvent it in his paintings. The artist drew upon his observations of fauna and flora to compose and create his finest works. The landscapes thus serve as backdrops for numerous bucolic scenes, while the animals he sketched come to life in his masterpieces. Delacroix did not hesitate to create imaginary animals or expressive deformations of their anatomies as evinced by the Tiger Hunt on loan from the Mus茅e d鈥橭rsay. Similarly, he created a botanical decoration for Orpheus comes to Civilize the Still Savage Greeks and to Teach them the Arts of Peace.
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Delacroix loved nature. He plunged into the comtemplation of the sea and landscapes, and took many trips to the countryside, staying in his home in Champrosay or with his friend George Sand in the Berry region. Throughout his career, he lovingly described the beauty of nature in his Journal and in his letters. He sketched with sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye at the Jardin des Plantes menagerie. Animals remained an inexhaustable source of interest to him.
But beyond the curiosity, pleasure and relaxation derived from its observation, nature was above all for Eug猫ne Delacroix a subject of study. The shape of a leaf, the colours of a flower, the texture of fur, the curve of an animal鈥檚 spine.... Delacroix delighted in the manifold details before his eyes, and eagerly made them the focus of countless studies. Featured in the Delacroix and Nature exhibition, rare landscapes painted by Delacroix, as well as a number of the painter鈥檚 sketches and drawings, form a collection of personal herberia, bestiaries and study sheets that Delacroix would never display to the public during his lifetime. Bringing a fresh perspective to what nature has to offer, the exhibition invites visitors to follow in Delacroix鈥檚 footsteps and look at nature with an artist鈥檚 eye.
Delacroix and Nature continues at the heart of the painter鈥檚 studio with a discovery of Eug猫ne Delacroix鈥檚 creative process, and the way in which he reappropriated nature to reinvent it in his paintings. The artist drew upon his observations of fauna and flora to compose and create his finest works. The landscapes thus serve as backdrops for numerous bucolic scenes, while the animals he sketched come to life in his masterpieces. Delacroix did not hesitate to create imaginary animals or expressive deformations of their anatomies as evinced by the Tiger Hunt on loan from the Mus茅e d鈥橭rsay. Similarly, he created a botanical decoration for Orpheus comes to Civilize the Still Savage Greeks and to Teach them the Arts of Peace.
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