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Delacroix

[ duh-la-krwah ]

noun

  1. (Fer·di·nand Vic·tor) Eu·gène [fe, r, -dee-, nahn, veek-, tawr, , œ, -, zhen], 1798–1863, French painter.


Delacroix

/ dəlakrwa /

noun

  1. Delacroix(Ferdinand Victor) Eugène17981863MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter ( Ferdinand Victor ) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
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Example Sentences

The selection was curated by photographer Matias Delacroix based in Panama City.

Unlike Eugène Delacroix’s 1830 image of a beautiful and bare-breasted personification of French freedom, Kollwitz’s crone is shown from the back, her sinewy arms raised and hands clenched urgently, practically launching herself into the crowd.

Sand was more than a great writer; she was a central figure in the Romantic whirligig that also included Liszt, Chopin and Delacroix.

It was an allusion to the painter Eugene Delacroix’s symbol of French liberty, leading citizens over barricades, holding a rifle and the French flag, both breasts emerging from her unraveling dress.

Defenders say the approach of AI companies falls under fair use because the results, like Picasso’s riffs on Manet or Delacroix, are transformative.

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