The art of Delacroix
Analyze the writings and works of the artist to better understand his thought.
Eugène Delacroix left behind an unusually rich written record — journals, letters, and critical essays — alongside his paintings. This research area brings the two together, reading the artist's own words against the canvases themselves to reconstruct how he thought about colour, composition, and the act of painting.
Close analysis of the Journal, in particular, reveals a working method that shifted over four decades, from the Romantic drama of his early Salon pieces to the more restrained, luminous handling of his later murals. Cross-referencing dated entries with surviving studies lets us trace specific ideas as they moved from notebook to wall.
The result is not a biography but a working map of Delacroix's thought — one that the project's other areas (the workshop's hand, the lost décor, the public visit) all draw on.