Delacroix

American  

[duh-la-krwah] / də laˈkrwɑ /

noun

1. (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène 1798–1863, French painter.

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Delacroix British  

/ dəlakrwa /

noun

1. ( Ferdinand Victor ) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)

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Example Sentences

Three of the world's top horses – Ombudsman, Delacroix and Calandagan – meet in the Champion Stakes at 16:05 BST.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

Associated Press photographer Matias Delacroix contributed to this report.

From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2023

Sand was more than a great writer; she was a central figure in the Romantic whirligig that also included Liszt, Chopin and Delacroix.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

There are classic painted works by Frédéric Bazille, Théodore Gericault and Eugène Delacroix in the exhibition, in a section devoted to portraiture.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

When Vincent had tried to make up with Van Rappard, he’d asked him if he knew about Delacroix, who painted “like a lion devouring his piece of flesh.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman