DELACROIX, Eug?ne (b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris) The Massacre at Chios 1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris A spectacular illustration of the enthusiasm aroused amongst the romantic youth by the revolt of the Greeks against the Turks, the Massacre at Chios was directly inspired by the savage Turkish repression of the population of the island of Chios in April 1822. The critics at the Salon of 1824 received this fine painting very unfavourably. Delacroix had been inspired by Constable's Hay-Wain, which was exhibited at the same Salon, reworking the lands
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DELACROIX, Eug?ne (b. 1798, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, d. 1863, Paris) The Massacre at Chios 1824 Oil on canvas, 419 x 354 cm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris A spectacular illustration of the enthusiasm aroused amongst the romantic youth by the revolt of the Greeks against the Turks, the Massacre at Chios was directly inspired by the savage Turkish repression of the population of the island of Chios in April 1822. The critics at the Salon of 1824 received this fine painting very unfavourably. Delacroix had been inspired by Constable's Hay-Wain, which was exhibited at the same Salon, reworking the lands