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Pastel of Sunset
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WMET0193
This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
Sunset
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
Pastel on blue laid paper, 8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in., ca. 1850
Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2014 2014.732.4
Around 1849–50, Delacroix became captivated by the challenge of capturing the light effects of cloud formations, and chose pastel to convey his impressions. While he used the medium throughout his career, the sky studies constitute his largest cohesive group in pastel. Delacroix’s sensitive analysis of color is evident both in the drawing and in a corresponding description of a sunset in his journal: “The gray of the clouds in the evenings verges on blue; the clear parts of the sky are bright yellow or orange… The greater the contrast, the more brilliant the effect.”
This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
Sunset
Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
Pastel on blue laid paper, 8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in., ca. 1850
Gift from the Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 2014 2014.732.4
Around 1849–50, Delacroix became captivated by the challenge of capturing the light effects of cloud formations, and chose pastel to convey his impressions. While he used the medium throughout his career, the sky studies constitute his largest cohesive group in pastel. Delacroix’s sensitive analysis of color is evident both in the drawing and in a corresponding description of a sunset in his journal: “The gray of the clouds in the evenings verges on blue; the clear parts of the sky are bright yellow or orange… The greater the contrast, the more brilliant the effect.”
