Patrick Bade
Delacroix and Ingres
Summary
Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) were seen as the polar opposites of French art world in the first half of the 19th century. Ingres saw himself as the upholder of the classical tradition. And Delacroix was the radical romantic. In this lecture Patrick Bade discusses the work of each as well as their rivalry.
Patrick Bade
Patrick Bade is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. He studied at UCL and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He was a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education for many years and has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery, and V&A. He has published on 19th- and early 20th-century paintings and historical vocal recordings. His latest book is Music Wars: 1937–1945.
Yes, they did. They were paid an absolute pittance. I’m just reading a new book at the moment. It’s just out, I really recommend it. It’s about the relationship of Man Ray and Kiki de Montparnasse, she was the most famous model in Paris in the 1920s who posed for all the artists of the Ecole de Paris. There’s a lot of detail about what it was like as a model in the 1920s. I’m sure it wasn’t in it very different in the 19th century. You could earn a living as a model, but it was a pittance. And of course, you were expected to have sex with the artist if you wanted it. So in Delacroix’s diaries which are pretty racy and pretty sharp, he put crosses in the margin of the diary and the number of times he had sex with a model that day. And then he would sort of say at the end of the entry, unfortunately I used up most of my energy having sex with a model instead of painting today.