Eugene Delacroix, born on April 26, 1798, in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, France. The greatest French romantic painter, whose use of color was influential in the development of both Impressionist and Postimpressionist painters. His inspiration came chiefly from historical or contemporary events and literature.
He is numbered among the greatest and most influential of French painters. He is most often classified as an artist of the Romantic school. His remarkable use of color was later to influence impressionist painters and even modern artists such as Pablo Picasso.
In 1815 he became the pupi…
