Eugène Delacroix - L’Arabe au tombeau, 1838 (Hiroshima Museum of Art)

Eugene Delacroix (1798–1863), one of the greatest French Romantic painters, whose use of colour was influential in the development of both Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. His inspiration came chiefly from historical or contemporary events or literature, and a visit to Morocco in 1832 provided him with further subjects.