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-'''Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix''' (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a [[French Romantic painter]] regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the [[French Romantic school]].+The '''''Orphan Girl at the Cemeterynujm''''' (also known as '''''Young Orphan Girl in the Cemetery''''') (c. 1823 or 1824) is a painting by the French artist [[Eugène Delacroix]].
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 +Believed to be a preparatory work in oil for the artist's later ''[[The Massacre at Chios|Massacre at Chios]]'', ''Orphan Girl at the Cemetery'' is nevertheless considered a masterpiece in its own right. An air of sorrow and fearfulness emanates from the picture, and tears well from the eyes of the grief-stricken girl as she looks apprehensively upward. The background depicts her melancholy; in the dimness of the sky and the abandoned laying-ground. The girl's body language and clothing evoke tragedy and vulnerability: the dress drooping down from her shoulder, a hand laid weakly on her thigh, the shadows above the nape of her neck, the darkness at her left side, and the cold and pale coloring of her attire. All these are combined to emphasize a sense of loss, of unreachable hope, her isolation, and the absence of any means of help, as she is also looking on toward an unseen and unknown spectacle or spectre.
-Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the [[Impressionist]]s, while his passion for the [[exoticism|exotic]] inspired the artists of the [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolist]] movement. A fine [[lithograph|lithographer]], Delacroix illustrated various works of [[William Shakespeare]], the Scottish writer [[Sir Walter Scott]], and the German writer [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]. He was a member of the [[Club des Hashischins]] and is best remembered for his 1827 painting ''[[The Death of Sardanapalus]]''. To [[19th century Paris]]ians Delacroix was the founder of [[modern art]]. "The majority of the public," wrote [[Charles Baudelaire]] in his 1846 review of the salon (published posthumously in ''[[Curiosités esthétiques]]'') "have long since, indeed from his very first work, dubbed him leader of the modern school."+For Delacroix, colors were the most important ingredients for his paintings. Because of this artistic taste and belief, he did not have the patience to create facsimiles of classical statues. He revered [[Peter Paul Rubens]] and the [[List of painters and architects of Venice|Venetians]]. He chose the use of colorful hues and exotic themes for his paintings, drawing inspiration from other inspirational places, resulting in works described as glossy and abundant with movement.
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-== Baudelaire on Delacroix ==+
-Baudelaire worshipped [[Delacroix]] as a dark god and wrote in ''[[Les Phares]]'': "Delacroix, lake of blood, haunted by evil angels"+
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-Baudelaire considered Delacroix as the originator of [[modern art]] and he wrote in his review of the [[Paris Salon of 1846]]: "The majority of the public have long since, indeed from his very first work, dubbed him leader of the modern school." --Charles Baudelaire in ''[[Curiosités esthétiques]]''.+
-== Maurice Barrés on Delacroix ==+
-Mario Praz notes in ''[[The Romantic Agony]]'' that "Delacroix [was] the object of a veritable cult on the part of [[Maurice Barrès]]. "[[Du sang, de la volupté, de la mort]]" might well be the motto of his work," he adds.+
-==List of works==+
-*''Mademoiselle Rose,'' (1817-1824), the [[Louvre]]+
-*''[[The Barque of Dante]]'', 1822, the [[Louvre]]+
-*''[[Orphan Girl at the Cemetery]]'', 1823+
-*''Head of a Woman'', 1823+
-*''[[Louis I de Valois, Duke of Orléans|Louis of Orléans]] Unveiling his Mistress'', c1825–26, [[Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection]], [[Madrid]]+
-*''[[Mephistopheles]] flying over [[Wittenberg]]'', 1828+
-*''[[A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother]]'', 1830+
-*''[[The Women of Algiers]],'' 1834, the [[Louvre]]+
-*''The Natchez'', 1835+
-*Delacroix, Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon, Paris, 1833–37+
-*''[[Frédéric Chopin]],'' 1838, the [[Louvre]]+
-*''[[George Sand]]'', 1838, Ordrupgaard-Museum, [[Copenhagen, Denmark]]+
-*''Fanatics of Tangier'', 1838, [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]]+
-*''Columbus and His Son at La Rábida'', 1838, [[National Gallery of Art]]+
-*''Jewish Wedding in Morocco'', c1839, the [[Louvre]]+
-*''[[Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople]],'' 1840, the [[Louvre]]+
-*''[[Hamlet]] with [[Guildenstern]] (Act III, Scene II)'', 1835–43+
-*''[[Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius]]'', 1844, [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon]]+
-*''Apollo slaying Python'', 1851, the [[Louvre]]+
-*''Christ on the Sea of Galilee'', 1854+
-*''[[Jerusalem Delivered|Clorinda Rescues Olindo und Sophronia]]'', 1856+
-*''Bride of Abydos'', 1857+
-*''The Death of [[Desdemona]],'' 1858+
-*''The Justice of Trajan'', 1858, oil on canvas, [[Honolulu Academy of Arts]]+
-*''[[Ovid among the Scythians]]'', oil on cavas, 1859+
-*''Arab Horses Fighting in a Stable'', 1860+
-*''Lion Hunt,'' 1861, [[Art Institute of Chicago]]+
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-== Famous paintings ==+
-*''[[The Death of Sardanapalus]]''+
-*''[[Liberty Leading the People]]''+
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-==See also==+
-* ''[[Jacob Wrestling with the Angel]]'', the name given to at least three different major paintings, including one (1861) by Eugène Delacroix.+
-* [[Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu]], friend, colleague, and photographer+
-* [[Musée national Eugène Delacroix]], his last apartment in Paris+
 +==Provenance==
 +The ''Young Orphan Girl in the Cemetery'', an alternate title for the painting, is currently curated at the ''[[Musée du Louvre]]'' in [[Paris]], [[France]].
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The Orphan Girl at the Cemeterynujm (also known as Young Orphan Girl in the Cemetery) (c. 1823 or 1824) is a painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.

Believed to be a preparatory work in oil for the artist's later Massacre at Chios, Orphan Girl at the Cemetery is nevertheless considered a masterpiece in its own right. An air of sorrow and fearfulness emanates from the picture, and tears well from the eyes of the grief-stricken girl as she looks apprehensively upward. The background depicts her melancholy; in the dimness of the sky and the abandoned laying-ground. The girl's body language and clothing evoke tragedy and vulnerability: the dress drooping down from her shoulder, a hand laid weakly on her thigh, the shadows above the nape of her neck, the darkness at her left side, and the cold and pale coloring of her attire. All these are combined to emphasize a sense of loss, of unreachable hope, her isolation, and the absence of any means of help, as she is also looking on toward an unseen and unknown spectacle or spectre.

For Delacroix, colors were the most important ingredients for his paintings. Because of this artistic taste and belief, he did not have the patience to create facsimiles of classical statues. He revered Peter Paul Rubens and the Venetians. He chose the use of colorful hues and exotic themes for his paintings, drawing inspiration from other inspirational places, resulting in works described as glossy and abundant with movement.

Provenance

The Young Orphan Girl in the Cemetery, an alternate title for the painting, is currently curated at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France.

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