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FerdinandVictorEugèneDelacroix(17981863)wasaFrenchRomanticartistregardedfromtheoutsetofhiscareerastheleaderoftheFrenchRomanticschool.Delacroix'suseofexpressivebrushstrokesandhisstudyoftheopticaleffectsofcolourprofoundlyshapedtheworkoftheImpressionists,whilehispassionfortheexoticinspiredtheartistsoftheSymbolistmovement.
Inthisnewmonograph,partofPhaidon'sArtandIdeasseries,SimonLee,SeniorLecturerintheHistoryofArttheUniversityofReading,examinestheworkofDelacroixwithintheframeworkofhisturbulenttimes,asFranceexperiencedtheupheavalsoftheNapoleonicera.Writteninalivelyandaccessiblestyle,andincorporatingthelatestscholarshipontheartist,LeeprovidesfreshanalysesintothelifeandtimesofDelacroixanduncoversthecreativeprocessbehindhismostfamousworks.