Orphan Girl at the Cemetery
Eugène Delacroix · 1824
Why it's great
A young girl sits alone in a graveyard, eyes wide and shoulders hunched, her face lit by a pale light. Delacroix painted it as a study for a larger work about misery and suffering. The fear and sadness in her large dark eyes feel startlingly real. It's one of the great emotional portraits of Romanticism.
Where to see it
📍 Louvre MuseumParis, France
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Eugène Delacroix was born near Paris and became the leading painter of the Romantic movement in France. He lived mostly in Paris, but a trip to Morocco in 1832 filled his sketchbooks with bright colors and scenes that inspired him for life. He believed color and emotion mattered more than perfect outlines. Later artists like Monet and Van Gogh studied his work closely.
