Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art

National Gallery, London

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

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From the bold colours and abstract shapes of Matisse and Kandinsky, to the expressiveness of Van Gogh and Gauguin, to the vibrant complementary colours of the Impressionists. All can be traced back to Eugène Delacroix – the last painter of the Grand Style but equally one of the first modern masters, who transformed French painting in the 19th century. Read more.

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