1828
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Illustrations for Faust: Méphistophélés visits Faust is a 1828 by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white sketch shows two men in a dim, cluttered room. One stands holding a staff, wearing a tall hat and loose robes, gesturing toward the other. The second man, bent over, reads from an open book on a small table. The background is packed with odd shapes—maybe furniture or tools—and a shadowy figure lies on the floor. The standing man looks like a trickster, judging by his smirk and dramatic pose. The text below hints at a conversation, but it’s in French. Want to see how Delacroix used light and shadow to create drama? Look up *chiaroscuro*.
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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