Editing Eugène Delacroix (section)

==Legacy==
[[Image:Delacroix monument Jardin du Luxembourg.jpg|thumb|upright| [[Monument to Delacroix]], at the [[Jardin du Luxembourg]]]]
[[Image:Perelachaise-Delacroix-p1000397.jpg|thumb|Delacroix 's tomb in [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]]]]

At the sale of his work in 1864, 9140 works were attributed to Delacroix, including 853 paintings, 1525 pastels and water colours, 6629 drawings, 109 lithographs, and over 60 sketch books.<ref>Wellington, p. xxviii.</ref> The number and quality of the drawings, whether done for constructive purposes or to capture a spontaneous movement, underscored his explanation, "Colour always occupies me, but drawing preoccupies me."
Delacroix produced several fine [[self-portrait]]s, and a number of memorable portraits which seem to have been done purely for pleasure, among which were the portrait of fellow artist Baron Schwiter, an inspired small oil of the violinist [[Niccolò Paganini]], and [[Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand]], a double portrait of his friends, the composer [[Frédéric Chopin]] and writer [[George Sand]]; the painting was cut after his death, but the individual portraits survive.

On occasion Delacroix painted pure landscapes (''The Sea at Dieppe'', 1852) and still lifes (''Still Life with Lobsters'', 1826–27), both of which feature the virtuoso execution of his figure-based works.<ref>Jobert, p. 99.</ref> He is also well known for his ''Journal'', in which he gave eloquent expression to his thoughts on art and contemporary life.<ref>Eugène Delacroix, ''Journal'', nouvelle édition intégrale établie par Michèle Hannoosh, 2 vols., Paris, José Corti, 2009. {{ISBN|978-2714309990}}.</ref>

A generation of impressionists was inspired by Delacroix's work. [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]] and [[Édouard Manet|Manet]] made copies of his paintings, and [[Edgar Degas|Degas]] purchased the portrait of Baron Schwiter for his private collection. His painting at the church of Saint-Sulpice has been called the "finest mural painting of his time".<ref>Wellington, p. xxiii.</ref>

Contemporary Chinese artist [[Yue Minjun]] has created his own interpretation of Delacroix's painting ''Massacre of Chios'', which retains the same name. Yue Minjun's painting was itself sold at Sotheby's for nearly $4.1&nbsp;million in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php|title=New record sale of a Chinese contemporary painting: US$5.9 million|work=Shanghaiist|date=15 October 2007|access-date=2 July 2013|archive-date=10 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210044623/http://shanghaiist.com/2007/10/15/new_record_sale.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

His pencil drawing ''Moorish Conversation on a Terrace'' was discovered as part of the [[Gurlitt Collection#Discovery|Munich Art Hoard]].<ref name=spiegel>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-munich-nazi-art-stash-revealed-fotostrecke-103675-7.html |title=Photo Gallery: Munich Nazi Art Stash Revealed |date=17 November 2013|work=Spiegel|access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref>