Patrick Bade
Delacroix: Art and Revolution: Liberty Leading the People
Summary
Patrick Bade takes a deep look at a famous Delacroix painting, Liberty Leading the People (1830), and explains what led to it, the influences on Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), and the impact that it has had throughout history.
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.
If you’re talking about the Liberty Leading the People, it’s in the Louvre.
Yes. With, in a certain way, in his color theories and particularly in his later work, his use of the divided touch, the impressionists were all very, particularly Renoir, of course, was very, very keen on Delacroix.