Demosthenes on the Seashore (1859) | Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix was the leading artist of the Romantic movement in France. Renowned for painting historical subjects on a grand scale, his compositions are highly charged, full of colour, dramatic movement and emotion.
Demosthenes was a statesman and orator who lived in Athens during the fourth century BC. To overcome a speech impediment he is said to have practised speaking with pebbles in his mouth. He also gave speeches on the seashore, projecting his voice over the sound of the waves in preparation for tumultuous crowds. Delacroix depicts him barefoot on a beach with one arm outstretched towards the water. Two figures clamber on the rocks behind and appear to gesture in alarm at the spectacle. When this picture was first exhibited in Paris in 1860 it was admired primarily as a marine painting. Demosthenes’s calm upright stance contrasts with the movement of his billowing cloak, the frothing waves and stormy sky, all of which are rendered with lively brushstrokes. In the latter part of his career Delacroix became deeply involved in mural painting. In 1844-45 he had painted the subject of Demosthenes as part of a decorative cycle for the library ceiling at the Palais Bourbon, Paris.

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Product information: Generic brand, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Care instructions: If the canvas does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, damp cloth.