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The Massacre at Chios. Louvre Museum


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Scenes from the Massacre at Chios is the second major oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. The work is more than four meters tall, and shows some of the horror of the wartime destruct ...
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Eugène Delacroix
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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. In contrast to the Neoclassical pe ...
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Eugène Delacroix's "The Massacre at Chios": A Romantic Masterpiece of Human Suffering

Eugène Delacroix's "The Massacre at Chios" is a monumental oil painting that vividly captures the horrors of the Chios Massacre of 1822. The composition is dominated by a frieze-like arrangement of suffering figures, each embodying despair, pain, and helplessness. The painting lacks a central hero ...
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Eugène Delacroix's "The Massacre at Chios": A Romantic Masterpiece of Human Suffering

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Eugène Delacroix's "The Massacre at Chios" is a monumental oil painting that vividly captures the horrors of the Chios Massacre of 1822. The composition is dominated by a frieze-like arrangement of suffering figures, each embodying despair, pain, and helplessness. The painting lacks a central hero ...
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