The Turkish Rider
Eugène Delacroix · c. 1834 · Gouache and watercolor, with scraping, selectively gum-varnished, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Turkish Rider is a public-domain drawing by Eugène Delacroix, dated c. 1834. Gouache and watercolor, with scraping, selectively gum-varnished, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Turkish Rider” (c. 1834) favors movement and rich color over the calm line of the academy, which is Delacroix’s Romantic habit.
About the artist
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was the leading French Romantic painter. His pictures favor movement, rich color, and literary or historical subjects over the calm line of the academy.
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