Delacroix exhibition at the Louvre

The Musée du Louvre and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art are offering an exhibition at the Paris museum focusing on the work of Eugène Delacroix from March 29 to July 23, 2018.

Delacroix in the spotlight... The Musée du Louvre and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art are joining forces to offer visitors to the Paris museum from March 29 to July 23, 2018 an exhibition focusing on the French painter Eugène Delacroix, known the world over for his painting La Liberté guidant le Peuple.

A monographic exhibition dedicated to the painter and an unprecedented challenge for the museum due to the scope of Delacroix's work and the Louvre's ambition to bring together so many works since the exhibition marking the centenary of the artist's death in 1963. The idea: "to attempt to elucidate the long, abundant and complex career " of Eugène Delacroix, while highlighting " the tension that characterizes the creation of an artist both in search of originality and driven by the desire to follow in the great tradition of Flemish and Venetian artists of the 16th and 17th centuries ".

A total of 180 works - the majority of which are paintings (including Liberty Guiding the People), but also prints, drawings and other writings by the artist - are brought together, retracing the important moments in the painter's life: from the great strokes that made him famous at the Salons in the 1820s, to his final religious compositions, his vision of Morocco and his representations of antiquity, Delacroix now holds no secrets for visitors and art lovers alike. It's also a way of discovering " an engaging personality, enamored of glory and relentless in his work ", equally curious, virtuoso, critical and cultured, whether in painting, writing or drawing.

And for those who want to continue the experience, several conferences are organized at the Louvre auditorium: a presentation of the "Delacroix (1798-1863)" exhibition on April 5, 2018 at 12:30 pm by Sebastien Allard and Côme Fabre, curators of the exhibition, as well as a presentation of the "Une lutte moderne" exhibition, on April 13, 2018 at 12:30 pm, by Dominique de Font-Réaulx of the Delacroix museum and by Marie Montfort, of the City of Paris. It's also possible to attend a cycle of lecture-readings on May 3, 17, 24 and 31 between 6:30 and 8:30 pm, but also concerts from April 4 to May 17, around a cycle "Delacroix and music" (with works by Chopin, Beethoven, Gounod, Massenet, Mozart, Berlioz, Haydn and many others).

Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.

Delacroix exhibition at the Musée du Louvre, photos and video

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