Tigers, bouquets, horses, countryside, seaside: a small but delicate exhibition in his apartment-workshop allows us to understand Eugène Delacroix's relationship with nature.
We thought of the romantic fond of distant savages, of sublime topographies like what he saw during his trip to North Africa.
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But on its partitions of a Pompeian red, if we admire big cats, they are especially those of the Menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes.
These animals sit judiciously with a few naturalized specimens, on loan from Maison Deyrolle.
Like oils, these beautiful stuffed animals are only memories.
Between sea and greenery
And the sea?
It only gave rise in Delacroix to studies.
Even his magnificent view of sparkling waves from the heights of Dieppe is not a finished picture.
Furthermore, it was not executed on the cliff, but from memory, like all oils.
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As for the greenery and other foliage, these are those inspired by English parks…
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