Exhibition Eug猫ne Delacroix, 鈥淭he Most Legitimate Of Shakespeare鈥檚 Sons鈥�
A cultured artist, Eug猫ne Delacroix (1798鈥�1863) was also an attentive theatergoer, his curiosity kindled by the issues surrounding the revival of the French stage during the 1820s卢鈥�30s.
New theories about acting, from England in particular, grabbed his attention. He was quick to compare the actor鈥檚 skill and tricks with those of the painter. William Shakespeare and his works occupied a particular place in his pictorial art, his drawings and lithographs. In September 1827 he had attended a performance of Hamlet at the Th茅芒tre de l鈥橭d茅on. Delacroix found the figure of Hamlet鈥攁 tortured, sensitive prince鈥攄eeply fascinating. In 1825, aged barely twenty-seven, he painted the scene of Hamlet and his father鈥檚 ghost. From the early 1830s onward, he had the idea of devoting a series of lithographs to Hamlet, just as he had illustrated the French translation of Goethe鈥檚 Faust in 1827.
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A cultured artist, Eug猫ne Delacroix (1798鈥�1863) was also an attentive theatergoer, his curiosity kindled by the issues surrounding the revival of the French stage during the 1820s卢鈥�30s.
New theories about acting, from England in particular, grabbed his attention. He was quick to compare the actor鈥檚 skill and tricks with those of the painter. William Shakespeare and his works occupied a particular place in his pictorial art, his drawings and lithographs. In September 1827 he had attended a performance of Hamlet at the Th茅芒tre de l鈥橭d茅on. Delacroix found the figure of Hamlet鈥攁 tortured, sensitive prince鈥攄eeply fascinating. In 1825, aged barely twenty-seven, he painted the scene of Hamlet and his father鈥檚 ghost. From the early 1830s onward, he had the idea of devoting a series of lithographs to Hamlet, just as he had illustrated the French translation of Goethe鈥檚 Faust in 1827.
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