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Delacroix
was largely self-taught from looking at the
works of Michaelangelo, Rubens, and Titian in
the Louvre, Delacroix made many acute observations
about his art in his journal, a highly valuable
document that remains compelling reading.
Delacroix was one of the pivotal figures of
the French Romantic movement, Delacroix was
a master of historical and literary subjects
on a small and large scale, intimate and grand
portraits, nudes, dramatic depictions of Arab
horsemen, exterior scenes and domestic interiors
in North Africa, the natural world at its most
brutal, still lifes and religious subjects.
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