Eugène Delacroix

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Artist: Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
Alternative names: Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix
French painter, draughtsman, aquarellist and photographer
Work location: Paris, United Kingdom, France, Algeria, Morocco, Netherlands (1839), Belgium
Title: The Lion Hunt
Object type: Painting
Description: Delacroix often painted hunting scenes and animals fighting. This work is part of a lion hunt series he painted in the 1850s. The subject reflects a fascination for exoticism and the culture of the Muslim countries in North Africa. During a visit to Morocco in the 1830s, Delacroix had studied and made sketches of the landscape, horses and hunters on horseback – themes that were later used when he painted his lion hunts. These dramatic scenes, with their energetic compositions and warm hues, convey the new aesthetic ideals of the time.
Date: 1855
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 57 cm (22.4 in). Width: 74 cm (29.1 in).
Framed: Height: 81 cm (31.9 in). Width: 100 cm (39.4 in). Depth: 12 cm (4.7 in).
Inscriptions (Swedish): Signerad: Eug. Delacroix. 1855
SKU: 273319
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