In 1822, Adolphe Thiers, the journalist and, later, the second elected president of France, wrote the first glowing review of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), in whom he recognized “the boldness of ...

This past spring, the Musée du Louvre in Paris experienced an attendance bump unlike any other. Not only did the iconic institution serve as the backdrop for a music video by luminaries Beyoncé and ...

I’m an art historian and professor who studies and teaches French Romantic art. So when I was in France this past summer, I made sure to see the Louvre’s retrospective exhibition of French Romantic ...

Eugene Delacroix's 1837 "Self-Portrait with Green Vest," ca. 1837, portrays the artist as a handsome and successful painter at the height of his powers. Photo: Musée ...

“The genius of Delacroix is not debatable, it is not demonstrable, it is something one feels,” wrote the French writer Alexandre Dumas. The Louvre is currently hosting a once-in-a-generation tribute ...

In September, the Met will open a retrospective exhibition of the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863). Organized by the Louvre in Paris, where it broke all prior attendance records ...

The rediscovery of a small, early version of Eugene Delacroix’ landmark painting “Women of Algiers in Their Apartment” delighted scholars in June, when the early 19th century canvas surfaced at a ...

The Lion Hunt. Photo: Eugène Delacroix/Franck Raux/RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY. Prepare to grapple with the cosmic grandiosity and optical hot-messes of that 19th-century French freak of ...

Organized by the Louvre Museum in Paris, where it attracted a record-breaking number of visitors earlier this year, and currently at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, this powerful exhibition ...

This month, on September 17, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its Delacroix exhibition, the first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the French artist ever held in North America. As a ...

A masterpiece by 19th-century French painter Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), thought to be lost for close to 170 years, has joined the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Titled Women of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Before Manet, Monet, Renoir or Cezanne, Eugene Delacroix was the 19th ...