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1809 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - 1868 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Known for: Genre and marine scene watercolor painting, illustrations.
A native of Boulogne, Auguste Delacroix is best known as a painter of Breton genre scenes and marine subjects. He also produced a number of Orientalist* works, notably a series of drawings and... Read full biography
A native of Boulogne, Auguste Delacroix is best known as a painter of Breton genre scenes and marine subjects. He also produced a number of Orientalist* works, notably a series of drawings and watercolours made during a visit to Morocco and Algeria around 1849. Delacroix exhibited paintings,... Read full biography
A native of Boulogne, Auguste Delacroix is best known as a painter of Breton genre scenes and marine subjects. He also produced a number of Orientalist* works, notably a series of drawings and watercolours made during a visit to Morocco and Algeria around 1849. Delacroix exhibited paintings, drawings and watercolours at the Salons between 1835 and 1865, winning a third-class medal in 1839, a second-class medal in 1841 and a first-class medal in 1846. Late in his career, around 1865, Delacroix... Read full biography
A native of Boulogne, Auguste Delacroix is best known as a painter of Breton genre scenes and marine subjects. He also produced a number of Orientalist* works, notably a series of drawings and watercolours made during a visit to Morocco and Algeria around 1849. Delacroix exhibited paintings, drawings and watercolours at the Salons between 1835 and 1865, winning a third-class medal in 1839, a second-class medal in 1841 and a first-class medal in 1846. Late in his career, around 1865, Delacroix settled in Italy. He began suffering from paralysis, and his late works were painted with his left hand. Nevertheless, his reputation as a watercolourist was such that he was commissioned to contribute illustrations to the Nouveau traité tout... Read full biography
A native of Boulogne, Auguste Delacroix is best known as a painter of Breton genre scenes and marine subjects. He also produced a number of Orientalist* works, notably a series of drawings and watercolours made during a visit to Morocco and Algeria around 1849. Delacroix exhibited paintings, drawings and watercolours at the Salons between 1835 and 1865, winning a third-class medal in 1839, a second-class medal in 1841 and a first-class medal in 1846. Late in his career, around 1865, Delacroix settled in Italy. He began suffering from paralysis, and his late works were painted with his left hand. Nevertheless, his reputation as a watercolourist was such that he was commissioned to contribute illustrations to the Nouveau traité tout practique de lavis et de la peinture à l’aquarelle; a manual on watercolour technique published in Paris in 1872, a few years after the... Read full biography
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A native of Boulogne, Auguste Delacroix is best known as a painter of Breton genre scenes and marine subjects. He also produced a number of Orientalist* works, notably a series of drawings and watercolours made during a visit to Morocco and Algeria around 1849.
Delacroix exhibited paintings, drawings and watercolours at the Salons between 1835 and 1865, winning a third-class medal in 1839, a second-class medal in 1841 and a first-class medal in 1846. Late in his career, around 1865, Delacroix settled in Italy. He began suffering from paralysis, and his late works were painted with his left hand.
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