Tag: Arab Horsemen
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02 Works, The Art of War, Théodore Chassériau’s Battle of Arab Horsemen and Carrying Away Their Dead, with footnotes
Chassériau composed this scene after spending two months in Algeria in 1846. Like Eugène Delacroix, whose work he admired, Chassériau drew artistic inspiration from his experiences in North Africa. Unlike the older painter, who produced numerous fictional illustrations after his travels in Morocco, Chassériau promoted the documentary portrayal of the “Orient…” Please follow link for…
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Eugène Delacroix, Collision of Arab Horsemen 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 37
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. As a painter and muralist, Delacroix’s use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the…