Note on Art

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Title

Note on Art

Subject

A  note from LeRoy Neiman on Delacroix and visiting Paris. 

Description

This note from LeRoy Neiman details in influence of Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People (1830) on his experience of Paris (and presumedly the work he made in the city as well). The writing—split into two portions—is fissured between a cursory formal analysis of Delacroix’s work and a humorous, autobiographical anecdote.

Creator

LeRoy Neiman

Source

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

Publisher

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

Date

c. 1990-2011

Contributor

LeRoy Neiman

Rights

Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.

Relation

Notes

Format

Image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Document

Identifier

LN_Notes_1232

Coverage

New York (N.Y.) New York

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

Delacroix 1798-1863
Liberty Leading the People.
Combining the real and the allegorical.
The contrast and sameness of spirit between a familiar liberation scene
50 years ago and the familiar heroic figure of Delacroix’s 1830 “Liberty leading the people.”
Delacroix figure with flag in the “Liberation of Paris” painting
Coming into Paris 1944 –
The Marley Horses were down
I didn’t know where.
The horses on the Carousel were up there – (same as Venice)
Colessee open on Champs

Original Format

Felt-tipped pen and ballpoint pen on paper.

Files

LN_Notes_1232.jpg

Citation

LeRoy Neiman, “Note on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/106.