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Eugène Delacroix
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (; ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.
As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish author Walter Scott
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The final break came in 1851, when he accused Delacroix of having prevented him from receiving commissions from the Prefect, Georges Eugène Haussmann, to decorate the sanctuary at the and other important projects at the Conseil d’État.
Embittered, he returned to his native province and settled permanently in Auch in 1853. There, he capitalized on his relationship with Delacroix and the rave reviews he had received from Charles Baudelaire at the 1846 Salon for his "Death of Cleopatra". He served as a drawing teacher