The Musée national Eugène Delacroix ( en, National Eugène Delacroix Museum), also known as the Musée Delacroix, is an art museum dedicated to painter

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.Noon, Patrick, et al., ''Crossing the Channel: Britis ...

(1798–1863) and located in the 6th arrondissement at 6, rue de Furstenberg,

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. It is open daily except Tuesday; an admission fee is charged.

History

The museum is located in painter Eugène Delacroix's last apartment; he moved to this location on December 28, 1857, and remained until his death on August 13, 1863. In 1929, the Société des Amis d'Eugène Delacroix was formed to prevent the building's destruction; in 1952, the Société acquired the apartment, studio, and garden, and in 1954 donated the property to the French government. In 1971, the site became a national museum, and in 1999 its garden was renovated. Léon Printemps had his studio in this same building, where he died on 9 July 1945. Since 2004 the museum has been managed by the

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Collection

Today the museum contains Delacroix's memorabilia and works, exhibiting pictures from nearly every phase of his career, including the artist's only three attempts at fresco from Valmont (1834); the ''Education of the Virgin'' painted in

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in 1842; and ''Magdalene in the Desert'' exhibited at the 1845 Salon. It also contains: * Drawings, primarily studies for paintings in the Chapelle des Saints-Anges at the Église Saint-Sulpice, but also drawings by some of Delacroix's friends and colleagues (Lassalle-Bordes, Huet, Poterlet, Saint-Marcel, Colin). * Notes, sketches, and souvenirs for Delacroix's

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trip in 1832, including burnooses, haiks,

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s, jewelry, sabers, cushions, slippers, boots, and ceramics. * Studio items, including

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, palettes, painting tables, a glass he used for washing up, a small group of decorated

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s, and a pair of candlesticks. * Photographs of Delacroix toward the end of his life, and letters to and from Delacroix. * A library and documents concerning Delacroix and entourage, with more than 1,000 works (monographs, exhibition catalogues, research, etc.).

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Musée national Eugène Delacroix

''Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863): Paintings, Drawings, and Prints from North American Collections''
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art {{authority control Art museums and galleries in Paris National museums of France Biographical museums in France Art museums established in 1971 1971 establishments in France Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Museums devoted to one artist

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