Musée national Eugène Delacroix

The Musée national Eugène Delacroix is a museum dedicated to the artist Eugène Delacroix. It is located in the former home of Delacroix in the Rue Furstenberg in the 6th arrondissement in Paris.

History

Eugène Delacroix moved into an apartment in the 1857 block from the 18th century and used for a down small garden behind the house as a studio. He lived here until his death in 1863. During the following years lived several tenants the apartment, but when the studio was to be demolished to resistance formed. The painter Maurice Denis founded in 1920 with like-minded society of the friends of Eugène Delacroix. One first rented the studio and later the apartment and tried to create a place for remembrance and for information about the life and work of Delacroix. From 1932 we organized regular exhibitions and concerts.

When the house was to be sold in 1952, it was decided to sell the collection of the Society to the French National Museums to flat, studio and garden can buy. 1954 gave the club members the house to the Republic of France, so that the Ministry of Culture has set up a museum. In 1971 the Museum became the National Museum, 1991, home, garden and studio declared a monument historique. 2004, the museum was transferred to the Louvre.

Museum

Studio and apartment of Delacroix can be visited. The museum houses an extensive collection of paintings, drawings and prints of the painter, but also letters and furniture. One can also see works of art from North Africa, which earned Delacroix in his travels. There is also an extensive library and a documentation center. The house is used for exhibitions, concerts, readings and conferences.