Delacroix’s Influence

Minneapolis Institute of Art

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The Rise of Modern Art from Cézanne to van Gogh

He was the engine of revolution that helped transform French painting of the 19th century. And the younger generation, from Degas to van Gogh, scrambled to keep pace. At his death in 1863, Eugène Delacroix was the most revered artist in Paris. This ground-breaking exhibition will investigate how this last painter of the Grand Style was also one of Europe’s first modern masters. Read more.

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Paul Cézanne (c. 1898)

Standing Nude Paul Cézanne (c. 1898) © Private Collection, Photo courtesy of the owner

Eugène Delacroix (1837-1838)

Convulsionists of Tangier Eugène Delacroix (1837-1838) Minneapolis Institute of Art

Eugène Delacroix (1854)

Bathers Eugène Delacroix (1854) © Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1875)

The Jewish Wedding in Morocco (after Delacroix) Pierre-Auguste Renoir (c. 1875) © Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts

Vincent van Gogh, (1889)

Pietà (after Delacroix) Vincent van Gogh, (1889) © Van Gogh Museum (Vincent Van Gogh Foundation), Amsterdam