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This 9 page paper discusses the
similarities and diffeences between the
"artistic brothers" Eugene Delacroiix
and Frederick Chopin. Delacroix labeled
Chopin, "a man of exquisite heart and..
mind" - quite a complement coming one
of the foremost French artists of the
nineteenth century. Bibliography lists
5 sources.
Page Count:
9 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BBchopin.doc.
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- quite a complement coming one of the foremost French artists of the nineteenth century. The works produced during the final fifteen years of Delacroixs monumental career are
models of his spontaneous painterly style, in which specific details were subordinated for an over-all emotional and visual effect. His late paintings demonstrate perhaps better than his large-scale
Salon works those qualities of his art that later artists such as Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul C?zanne, and Paul Gauguin admired most. While Delacroixs late works stem from his
continued interest in signature subjects?animal hunts, North African motifs, the Greek War of Independence, and scenes from the works of his favorite writers ? it is the assurance of his
style, mastery of the painted surface, and manipulation of color that had the greatest impact on subsequent painters. With his public reputation more or less secure by 1848 ? although
election to the Institute de France, an important honor for a 19th- century French artist, was not his until 1857, Delacroixs later works reveal a highly introspective and self-conscious artist
obsessed by a desire to fine-tune his technique and stake out his place in history. The period from 1848 to his death in 1863 appears to be marked by several
apparent contradictions in Delacroixs life and art. Although he was sophisticated in the ways of the city, he declared that he felt more comfortable at his country house at
Champrosay, near Fontainbleau. While he was an enthusiastic student of nature who carefully executed studies of plants and animals, Delacroix insisted in both his journals and discussions, that an artist
should give free reign to his imagination, even if it meant taking liberties with scientific fact. Delacroix was schooled in the writings of Enlightenment philosophers who scorned religious faith
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