DELACROIX, EUGENE

Additional reading There are several general life-and-work studies on Delacroix, including Lee Johnson, Delacroix (1963), which provides a concise, fundamental introduction to Delacroix's colour theory; Barthlmy Jobert, Delacroix (1997), which is handsomely illustrated; and Charles Baudelaire, Eugne Delacroix: His Life and Work, trans. by Joseph M. Bernstein (1947), which provides a valuable contemporary account of the artist.Andr Joubin (ed.), Correspondance gnrale d'Eugne Delacroix, 5 vol. (193538), contains Delacroix's letters; it is supplemented by Lee Johnson (ed.), Eugne Delacroix: Further Correspondence, 18171863 (1991). Also of note is Eugne Delacroix, The Journal of Eugene Delacroix, trans. by Walter Pach (1937, reissued 1948; originally published in French, 1893). Alfred Robaut, L'Oeuvre complet de Eugne Delacroix: peintures, dessins, gravurs, lithographies (1885, reprinted 1969), remains the standard, comprehensive source on the artist's work. Catalogs of individual media include Lee Johnson, The Paintings of Eugne Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, 6 vol. (198189), and Delacroix: Pastels (1995); Loys Delteil, Delacroix, the Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonn, trans. and rev. by Susan Strauber (1997; originally published in French, 1908); and Maurice Srullaz, Dessins d'Eugne Delacroix, 17981863, 2 vol. (1984).Focused studies on single aspects of Delacroix's career include Maurice Srullaz et al., Delacroix in Morocco (1994; also published in French, 1994), which provides deep insight into the artist's journey to Africa, featuring superb illustrations and a consideration of the Orient; Jack J. Spector, The Murals of Eugene Delacroix at Saint-Sulpice (1967), and Delacroix: The Death of Sardanapalus (1974); and Michele Hannoosh, Painting and the Journal of Eugne Delacroix (1995). The long-neglected yet significant mature phase of Delacroix's career has been brought into perspective in Arlette Srullaz et al., Delacroix: The Late Work (1998).