France

Passion and the Exotic

Ingres, Delacroix, Chassériau and Barye, 1814–1861

French painting in these decades split between Delacroix's color and loose handling and Ingres's polished line. Many of the subjects come from North Africa and the Middle East, places artists knew through travel, books or imagination.

• Delacroix's 1832 journey to Morocco and what he made of it at home
• Bible stories retold through Eastern dress or a storm at sea
• Storms, lion hunts and animal combat in paint and bronze

Works in this part

• La Grande Odalisque
• The Death of Sardanapalus
• Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
• The Convulsionists of Tangier
• The Toilette of Esther
• Christ on the Sea of Galilee
• The Lion Hunt
• Lion and Serpent no. 1

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