Delacroix

French painter, Eugène Delacroix is a major figure of romanticism in painting. Although he found support from the press, art magazines and certain critics of the time (Théophile Gautier or Charles Baudelaire), his genius was only belatedly recognized by official painting circles. He would not triumph until 1855 at the Universal Exhibition where he became the one who knew how to go beyond classical training to renew painting. He was not elected to the Institut de France until January 10, 1857, after seven unsuccessful candidates, Ingres always opposing his election.