An 1832 tour of northern Africa inspired many of this artist's later works, including Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. At the Paris Salon a decade earlier, he had displayed his first major work, Dante and Virgil in Hell. He was friends with Frederic Chopin and George Sand, whom he painted in 1838, and may have been the illegitimate son of Charles (*) Talleyrand. He greatly admired Lord Byron, using one of Byron's plays as the basis for his The Death of Sardanapalus, 
An 1832 tour of northern Africa inspired many of this artist's later works, including Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. At the Paris Salon a decade earlier, he had displayed his first major work, Dante and Virgil in Hell. He was friends with Frederic Chopin and George Sand, whom he painted in 1838, and may have been the illegitimate son of Charles (*) Talleyrand. He greatly admired Lord Byron, using one of Byron's plays as the basis for his The Death of Sardanapalus, and showing support for the cause Byron died fighting for with The Massacre at Chios. FTP name this French artist best known for his commemoration of the July Revolution of 1830, Liberty Leading the People.
An 1832 tour of northern Africa inspired many of this artist's later works, including Women of Algiers in Their Apartment.
(Ferdinand-)Eug?ne(-Victor) {Delacroix}