Eugéne Delacroix Analysis

Eugéne Delacroix was born on April 26 in Charenton, France in the year of 1798. He lived for 65 years before he died on August 13, 1863. He didn’t grow up with a lot of money and his painting career never paid him a well enough. He also tended to try and push the boundaries in some of his paintings, more so in his religious pieces.
He was a romanticism artist. The romanticism style was an emphasis on emotion and drama of the subject that was depicted in the painting. He didn’t start out in the romanticism style. He had more of an academic approach, but slowly transitioned over to romanticism. Quite a few of his paintings pushed the boundaries in both his religious and political paintings. He was a pupil Baron Guerin, and was taught to paint …show more content…
The Virgin (Mary) held a cross in one hand, but also the heart of Jesus in the other. The bishop of Nantes found the painting to not be to the standards of celebrating the joyous triumph of their faith and therefore quickly regarded it. Many of Delacroix’s religious paintings were regarded as offensively individualistic or risque. Delacroix had an extremely hard time trying to make the painting to Nante’s wishes. There had been several changes and redone sketches before the finished piece. He had very little interest in the constructing of this piece. The commission had been given to him from the help of Géricault, one of the many people who he befriended and was extremely influenced by. When Delacroix was in the process of creating this piece he sent Géricault letters telling of the difficulty of the composition. The Virgin of the Sacred Heart was more of a free interpretation. The colorful and rich style was influenced by, the Flemish painter, Peter Rubens and Théodoré Géricault. The figures in Géricault’s Raft are strikingly similar to those in the Virgin piece. Delacroix was influenced by many different artists, poets, and theatrical involved