“Julian Burns’ Very Private Art Walk” (written by Julian Burns | translated by Gong Jin-ho, Dasan Bookstore 2019/2021) 2. Dracroix: How Romantic?
Eug̀ne Delacroix, Self-Potrait with Green Vest (1837, Louvre Museum)/ Self-Potrait (1860, Uffizi Gallery) In 1937, American art critic Walter Puck first edited and translated Dracroix’s English version of Diary. In the preface to the book, he recorded stories he heard from Odillon Rudon decades ago. In Rudon’s story, Dracroix is portrayed as an ordinary person who evokes our pity as the hero myth that was necessary for the imagination of a young man. “When I saw Dracloor (…) he was as majestic as a tiger. That’s how proud, sharp and powerful he said But at the same time, he said, “My shoulders are drooping and my posture is bent,” adding, “He was thin and nervous.” When walking alone in Paris, he said, “I walked like a cat on a very narrow sidewalk.”‘Julian Burns’ Very Private Art Walk,’ pp. 59-61
Eug̀ne Delacroix, Dante and Virgil, also known as The Barque of Dante (1822, Louvre Museum) Dracroix started his diary on September 3, 1822 (“Choose a lucky day”), when the French government bought this painting and displayed it at the Luxembourg Museum (62)
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Looking at Dracroix’s life trajectory, including his diary, Julian Barnes says that the romantic painter’s life did not seem particularly romantic (63) In the case of other romantic painters, there is a safe and smooth connection between art and life, but not in the case of Dracroix. His art expresses luxury, passion, violence and excess, while his life shows a self-defensive attitude that feared passion and valued peace more than anything else. He believed in anticipation that humans “are coming to know that peace is the best someday.” He qualified as a dandy in terms of spiritual superiority rather than clothing.”Julian Burns’ Very Private Art Walk,” pp. 68–69Looking at Dracroix’s life trajectory, including his diary, Julian Barnes says that the romantic painter’s life did not seem particularly romantic (63) In the case of other romantic painters, there is a safe and smooth connection between art and life, but not in the case of Dracroix. His art expresses luxury, passion, violence and excess, while his life shows a self-defensive attitude that feared passion and valued peace more than anything else. He believed in anticipation that humans “are coming to know that peace is the best someday.” He qualified as a dandy in terms of spiritual superiority rather than clothing.”Julian Burns’ Very Private Art Walk,” pp. 68–69Eugene Delacroix, Jacob fighting with angels (1854-61, Paris Saint-Sulpice Church)Eugene Delacroix, exiled Heliodorus (1854-61 Paris Saint-Sulpice Church)Eugene Delacroix, exiled Heliodorus (1854-61 Paris Saint-Sulpice Church)