1828
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Illustrations for Faust: Marguerite's shadow appears to Faust is a 1828 by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This scene shows a woman in a white dress standing under a bright light, her back to us. Below her, a man lies on the ground, reaching toward two hairy creatures. To the right, a cloaked figure holds a child. The sky is dark with swirling clouds and a faint glow behind the woman. The woman’s shadow stretches long and distorted, almost like a separate figure. This print comes from a story about a man making a deal with the devil. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this style used drama and emotion.
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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