Lion Dévorant un Cheval

Lion dévorant un cheval is an original modern artwork realized by Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863) in 1844.

Original limited edition lithograph signed on plate.

Dimensions: 169 x 236 cm.

Very fine print on applied china, from the 4th state (out of 5), the title and date erased, before the Bertauts address and number erased.

Tiny redness and dirt on the support. Full margins.

Dry stamp: Contemporary Artists (Lugt 36b).

Very good conditions. 

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Eugène Delacroix (Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798 - 1863) was one of the leading artists of the French Romantic period in the 19th century. He received his artistic training in Paris and became known as a leading figure of the French Romantic era of the 19th century. Inspired by history, literature, and exotic locales, Delacroix painted such famous works as the "Liberty Leading the People" and "The Death of Sardanapalus." He died in Paris on August 13, 1863. In contrast to the Neoclassical perfectionism of his chief rival Ingres, Delacroix took for his inspiration the art of Rubens and painters of the Venetian Renaissance, with an attendant emphasis on colour and movement rather than clarity of outline and carefully modelled form. Dramatic and romantic content characterized the central themes of his maturity, and led him not to the classical models of Greek and Roman art, but to travel in North Africa, in search of the exotic. Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault, Delacroix was also inspired by Lord Byron, with whom he shared a strong identification with the "forces of the sublime", of nature in often violent action.