1843
chalk
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Flowers is a 1843 chalk by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
Eugène Delacroix painted bright wildflowers in watercolor and gouache on paper. The loose strokes let light come through the petals. Black chalk shadows ground the blooms without stiff outlines. He used layered glazes—thin, see-through washes—to build depth. This trick keeps the colors fresh and the shapes soft. Check out his bolder brushwork next at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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