Limited Time Offer
Premium members can get their quote collection automatically imported into their Quotewise collections.
I did not come to know part II of 'Faust' until long after I made my illustrations, and even then only very superficially. It struck me as an ill-dig… - Eugène Delacroix
" "I did not come to know part II of 'Faust' until long after I made my illustrations, and even then only very superficially. It struck me as an ill-digested work, of little interest from the literary standpoint, but among those most calculated to inspire a painter owing to the mixture of characters and styles it contains.. .You asked what gave me the first idea of the Faust lithographs. I remember that about 1821 I saw the designs made by Retch [ [[w:Moritz Retzsch|Retzsch] ]] and found them rather striking; but it was above all the performance of a dramatic opera on Faust that I saw in London in 1825 which stirred me to do something on the subject. The actor.. ..was a perfect Mephistopheles; he was fat, but that in no way diminished his nimbleness and his Satanic character.
English
Collect this quote
About Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix (April 26 1798 – August 13 1863) was a French painter, one of the leading artists of Romanticism in Europe of the nineteenth century.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix
•
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix
•
Ferdinand-Victor-Eugene Delacroix
•
Eugene Delacroix
•
Ferdinand-Eugène-Victor Delacroix
•
Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
•
Ferdinand-Eugene-Victor Delacroix
•
Delacroix
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Eugène Delacroix
Well! A general invasion: Hamlet rears his hideous head, Othello is preparing his dagger, that essentially murderous weapon, subversive of all good theatrical government. What more, who knows.. .King Lear is to tear his eyes before a French audience. It should be a point of dignity for the Academy to declare that all imports of this kind are incompatible with public morals. Farewell good taste! In any case, equip yourself with a stout coat of mail under your evening dress. Beware of the Classicist's daggers, or rather, sacrifice yourself valiantly for our barbarian pleasure..
Try QuoteGPT
Chat naturally about what you need. Each answer links back to real quotes with citations.
One has to see a painter in his own place to get an idea of his worth. I went back there [to Corot's studio, after the official exhibition] and I appreciate in a new light the paintings that I had seen in the Museum and that had struck me as middling.. .He told me to go a bit ahead of myself, abandoning myself to whatever might come; this is how he works most of the time.. .Corot delves deeply into a subject; ideas come to him and he adds while working; it's the right approach.
Loading...