德拉克洛瓦是法国19世纪上半期法国最伟大的油画家、版画家、壁画家,欧洲最后一个历史画家和浪漫主义在视觉艺术的体现者。德拉克洛瓦是革新和传统的混合体,作为安格尔的主要敌人和法国浪漫主义运动的领导人物,他反对大卫建立的新古典主义绘画的阵营。然而从王朝复辟到第二帝国,他都希望得到政府的认同和赞助。他的趣味和风格是保守的。但在波德莱尔的眼中他是(在后世很多人的眼中他都是)他那个时代最摩登的艺术家。他用戏剧化的方式表达像大卫那样严肃 Delacroix was France’s greatest painter, printmaker, muralist, and the last European historical painter and romantic expressionist of visual art in France in the first half of the 19th century. Delacroix was a mixture of innovation and tradition. As the chief enemy of Ingres and the leader of the French romantic movement, he opposed the camp of Neoclassical paintings David founded. However, from the dynastic restoration to the Second Reich, he hoped to get the government’s approval and sponsorship. His taste and style are conservative. But in Baudelaire’s eyes he is (in the eyes of many later generations he is) the most modern artist of his time. He used a dramatic way of expressing seriousness like David