ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1798-1863
Preview
Date of Work
1828
Medium
Lithograph
Height
17"
Width
19 3/4"
Depth
1 3/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: R32
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Two men sit in a field having a conversation. Behind them are crowds of various people.
Eugene Delacroix is best remembered for his politically inspired paintings, such as The Massacre of Chios and Liberty Leading the People, but much of his other art was inspired by literature. The print on display is from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, which contained nineteen lithographs. Because of their unconventional large format and emotionally charged style, Delacroix's freely drawn images were not received well by his contemporary middle-class public as book illustrations.
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