'''Eugene Delacroix''' (1798-1863) French painter.
'''Eugene Delacroix''' (1798-1863) French painter.
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''The last of the great Renaissance artists, Delacroix comes of a lineage whose founder is [[Michelangelo]] and whose prodigal son is [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]].'' <ref> [http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/delacroix.html Eugene Delacroix at The Artchive] </ref>
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''The veritable tradition in great things is not to repeat what others have done, but to rediscover the spirit that created these great things - and creates utterly different things in different times.'' Paul Valéry. }}