DELACROIX, EUGNE

born April 26, 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, France died August 13, 1863, Paris in full Ferdinand-Victor-Eugne Delacroix the greatest French Romantic painter, whose use of colour was influential in the development of both Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. His inspiration came chiefly from historical or contemporary events or literature, and a visit to Morocco in 1832 provided him with further exotic subjects. Ren Huyghe The Editors of the Encyclopdia Britannica