MODERNISME, EXHIBITIONS, CONTEMPORARY ARTS, MUSIC, CONFERENCES,
FAMILY ACTIVITIES, RESTAURANT, BOOKSHOP
From 15 February to 20 May 2012
Organised by "la Caixa" Foundation and the Louvre Museum, Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) covers the artist's entire career and offers the most complete introduction to his work since a centenary exhibition organised by the Louvre in 1963. Curated by Sébastien Allard, chief curator of the Louvre's Department of Paintings, the exhibition presents a broad view of Delacroix's career, featuring works drawn from major public and private collections held in Europe and America, from his beginnings, when he sought inspiration in artworks and literary texts, to the final stage, marked by Realism.
In addition to highlighting Delacroix's importance in the history of art, the exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to see works that have become an integral part of our visual culture, including Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi, from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Bordeaux, a sketch for The Death of Sardanapalus, and The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (the latter works both from the Louvre Museum in Paris).
