Eugene delacroix paintings algiers
Eugene delacroix paintings algiers
Eugene delacroix famous paintings!
Women of Algiers in their apartment
- Date of Creation:
- 1834
- Height (cm):
- 180.00
- Length (cm):
- 229.00
- Medium:
- Oil
- Support:
- Canvas
- Subject:
- Scenery
- Framed:
- Yes
- Art Movement:
Romanticism
- Created by:
Eugene Delacroix
- Current Location:
Paris, France
- Displayed at:
Musée du Louvre
- Owner:
Musée du Louvre
Women of Algiers in their apartment
Eugene Delacroix
Women of Algiers in their apartment
Eugene Delacroix
It took just one trip to the Orient to change Eugene Delacroix's work forever.
In 1832 he toured Morocco with King Louis-Philippe's representative of the Sultan and was refreshed by a culture so vastly different to the French.
The brightly colored, flowing costumes, the Arabs and their women, and the enchanting horses captivated the artist and consequently, many later themes of Delacroix's canvases reflected scenes of the Orient.
Women of Algiers in their apartment is his first artwork resulting from his time in Morocco and i