IN 1827, Delacroix submitted no less than thirteen paintings to the Salon, including "Greece Expiring On The Ruins Of Missolonghi" (1826) which depicts the country (then going through revolution for independence) embodied by a young woman with her hands outstretched. Another famous work, "The Death Of Sardanapalus," based in part on the writings of Byron, is a very elaborate work that has touches of Ruben as well as a kind of baroque splendor associate with romanticism.
In 1832, Delacroix visited Morocco, Algiers and Andalusian Spain, and his travels had a profound effect on him and his work. In those countries he came face to face with antiquity, and he executed extensive and detailed sketches and canvases such as " Women Of Algiers" (1834).
Delacroix also was commissioned to decorate many structures, including the Library Of The Palais DU Luxembourg (now the Senate), the Chapel of the Holy Angles in the Saint-Suplice Church, the Salon de la Paix in the Hotel de Ville, the Louvre and the Palais -Bourbon.
Delacroix was awarded the Grand Medal of Honor in 1855, and was promoted to Commander of the Legion d¹Honneur. He died in 1863, leaving behind not only an influential body of work, but also his extensive journals that showed him to be an intellectual commentator on the art of his day. The best site for Delacroix¹s work is Mark Harden¹s Artchive exhibit, which features the most famous Delacroix canvases, including "Lady Liberty Leading The People" and a wonderful (and scrollable) reproduction of "Sardandapalus."
- Nick Burton
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