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Eugène Delacroix: sketches and drawings

Morocco in a traveller’s album · 1798–1863

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863): morocco in a traveller’s album. SketchMap Atlas shows 3 sketches by Eugène Delacroix on the world map, each placed where it was drawn.

French Romantic painter. A diplomatic trip to Morocco and Algeria in 1832 became a lasting source of ideas: he filled sketchbooks with watercolours of people, streets and interiors and used them for decades.

Sketches by Eugène Delacroix and where they were drawn

Gate and Walls of Meknes — Eugène Delacroix, 1832

A Room with an Alcove, Meknes — Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Arab Interior, “Delacroix’s Room” — Eugène Delacroix, 1832

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Where did Eugène Delacroix draw each work?

Gate and Walls of Meknes (1832): drawn at Meknes, Morocco (33.8935° N, 5.5473° W). Details
A Room with an Alcove, Meknes (1832): drawn at Meknes, Morocco. Details
Arab Interior, “Delacroix’s Room” (1832): drawn at Meknes, Morocco. Details

About the works

Gate and Walls of Meknes, 1832. An arch, a pack horse and passers-by in pen and watercolour: a page of the Moroccan sketchbook. Source · Public domain
A Room with an Alcove, Meknes, 1832. A painted ceiling, a window and a divan in an alcove: an interior drawn by Delacroix in 1832. Source · Public domain
Arab Interior, “Delacroix’s Room”, 1832. A painted ceiling and a shuttered window: a Meknes drawing that the Louvre calls “Delacroix’s room”. Source · Public domain

Quick answers

Who was Eugène Delacroix?

French Romantic painter.

Where did Eugène Delacroix draw?

Morocco. Every sketch is shown on the map at the place where it was made.

What techniques did Eugène Delacroix use?

The works on SketchMap Atlas are watercolour.

Can I use the sketches by Eugène Delacroix?

The works shown here are marked “Public domain” and come from Wikimedia Commons. Check the source link of each work for the exact terms.

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