Eugene Delacroix Selected Letters 18131863 Author:Eugene Delacroix This volume contains the most representative and informative selection available of the letters of Eugene Delacroix, perhaps the most brilliant visual artist of the French Romantic movement. As edited by Jean Stewart, they are divided into four sections: the first letters were written in his teens and early twenties, and show the essential lonel... more »iness that would dominate his life; the second, stretching to the age of 35, detail the travels that indelibly marked him; the third group dates from his return to France in 1833, telling of his grand commissions and of his relationships with George Sand and Mme. de Forget; and last are the letters from his final years, a time of official acceptance and relations with such notable figures as Stendhal and Merimee. Intelligently edited and fluently translated, these "Selected Letters" bring to life, in his own words, one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the 19th century. "(In these letters) a great man speaks to us, directly and simply. We bless the turn of mind, and the physical predispositions, which led Delacroix to spend so much time on his own, for it is with us, after so many years, that he turns out to be spending it." John Russell, from the Introduction Edited by Jean Stewart. Introduction by John Russell.