Lion Hunt
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)1860–61
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
In 1832 Eugène Delacroix joined a diplomatic envoy to French-colonized Algeria. The sights and experiences from this six-month journey fueled the rest of his career, lending his canvases an illusion of accuracy that his less-traveled competitors lacked. The artist expressed in his journals from abroad his admiration for Arab culture, even characterizing it as superior to that of post-revolutionary France. Nevertheless, in paintings like this he catered to violent European fantasies about the Arab world. Having never witnessed a lion hunt, Delacroix skillfully synthesized studies of landscapes, Islamic costume, and zoo animals to bring this narrative to life with theatrical intensity.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 76.5 × 98.5 cm (30 × 38 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 4 owners · 19 exhibitions
Provenance
- Possibly sold from the artist to Vaisse for 2,500 francs.
- Comte d’Aquila; his sale, February 21-22, 1868, lot 7, sold for 14,505 francs.
- Faure, Paris, 1885.
- R. Austin Robertson, New York; his estate sale, New York, American Art Association, April 7, 1892, lot 147; sold for 13,000 francs to Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1922.
Exhibitions
- Paris, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Eugene Delacroix, March 6-April 16, 1885.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings From the Collection of Mrs. Potter Palmer, August 1910.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Delacroix, March 20-April 20, 1930.
- Paris, Musée du Louvre, Exposition Eugène Delacroix, June-September 1930.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934.
- Springfield, Mass., Museum of Fine Arts, From David to Cézanne, February 9-March 10, 1935.
- Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, A Survey of French Painting, April 2-May 14, 1936.
- Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Gericault, Delacroix, Chasseriau, Painters of the Romantic Movement, April 30-June1, 1946, no cat. no. Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery, Expressionism in American Painting, May 10–June 29, 1952.
- Venice, XXVIII Biennale di Venezia, May–September 1956.
- Los Angeles, University of California –Los Angeles Art Council, French Masters From Rococo to Romanticism, March 5–April 16, 1961, no cat. no..
- Paris, Musée du Louvre, Centrenaire d’Eugéne Delacroix, May-September, 1963.
- Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Delacroix, August 14-September 12, 1964, traveled to London, Royal Academy of Arts, October 1-November 8, 1964.
- Stockholm, Natinalmuseum, Delacroix’ Lejonakter, October 1-December 6, 1981.
- Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18-December 17, 1986, traveled to Fukuoka Art Museum, January 5-February 2, 1986 and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, March 4-April 13, 1986.
- Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Delacroix les dernières années, April 7-July 20, 1998, traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 10, 1998-January 3, 1999.
- Charlottenlund/Copenhagen, Ordrupgaard, Delacroix: The Music of Painting, September 13-December 30, 2000.
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsuhe, Eugène Delacroix, November 1, 2003-February1, 2004.
- Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Delacroix’s Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cézanne to van Gogh,” 18 October 2015 – 10 January 2016, traveled to London, National Gallery, 17 February – 22 May 2016.
