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About the painter Delacroix and The travel

Travel give us boundless and hopeful possibility, Especially, travel is such an essential part for creators who make art and literary works that it can give decisive meaning to him. It is Delacroix, French romantic artist, that played a leading role in establishing western modem art and opening a beginning of it. A mark of Delacroix 's art is well brought out in ms imagination and color scheme, they were a great shock ta Classicism in those days as expression of bis own emotion. Delacroix' s paintings , which played a decisive role in art, seem to have much ta do with bis travel abroad. During travel, he enlarged his imagination, and his loud color was deeply irnpressed with gorgeous color of exotic land. The color tone of Constable 's works encouraged him ta start an a trip ta England, Constable and Bonington were the people who had an effect strongly Delacroix's work in the color and technical aspect. He gained new and much inspired themes from an English writer, Shakespeare, Goethe and byrons works and he has found creative models. In Belgium and netherlands were Rubens, whom Delacroix was wildly excited lived, he has also found spirit energy in the native's strong passion and animal richness. The materials of Morocco and orient full of free passion, mystery and holiness have also waited for him ' Women of Algiers' made from rus meeting with exotic civilization created a sensation as its sensual configuration and bright color. AU the thing he experienced in the strange lands were combined and expressecl freely in rus works for ail his life, and the artistic characteristic of Delacroix' s paintings frorn those appeared as presentation of the inside of him. From then, his works created a strong sensation and gave a way to new modern art. AU these are the result from what he experienced and observed. Therefore, the travel for the creation is considered to give an artist bounclless possibility.