Falaise d'Etretat by Eugene Delacroix 1849
The painter Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
Delacroix was born in the east of Paris and lived in the French capital most of his life. He went to the colledge Louis Le Grand and later to the école des Beaux Arts.
1830 Delacroix made his most famous painting "La Liberte guidant le peuple"
1840 Eugene Delacroix rents à house in Draveil in the south of Paris. At that time he used to travel to Normandy where he made above aquarelle of the Etretat cliffs. He also painted in the nearby towns of Fecamp and Dieppe. When svisiting the area he stayed with his cousin Alexandre Bataille near Fecamp.
selfportrait of Eugene Delacroix The painting is in Paris in the Louvre website of the Musee Delacroix
Falaise d'Aval Etretat painted 1838 The painting is in Paris in the Musée de Montmartre
Falaise d'Aval Etretat painted 1849 The painting is in Rotterdam in the Boijlans Museum
Falaise at Etretat painted around 1849 1876 Alfred Bruyas donated the painting to the musée Fabre The painting is still in Montpellier in the Musee Fabre