THE 8 MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTIST AND WRITER DUOS, FROM PICASSO AND STEIN TO RILKE AND RODIN

Rob Sharp

The French poet and writer Charles Baudelaire frequently championed the work of the great Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, calling him “the most original painter of both ancient and modern times,” and returned to his work throughout his life. On February 17th, “Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art,” the most significant exhibition of the painter’s work in London for 50 years, opened at the city’s National Gallery. Below, we explore how that pair forged their bond, and highlight some other famous creative connections between artists and writers.

Baudelaire’s critical prose is peppered with hagiographic references to Delacroix. His review of the 1845 Paris salon compliments the painter on his technical skills. A review 10 years later contains multiple positive insights into Delacroix’s work, calling him “essentially a literary painter” and comparing him to Shakespeare.

Baudelaire attended Delacroix’s funeral in 1863, “wasted by syphilis” and “addicted to opium,” according to Ross King’s 2006 book The Judgement of Paris. Soon afterwards, the artist Henri Fantin-Latour began his celebrated 1864 painting Homage to Delacroix, which includes depictions of some of Delacroix’s admirers, including Whistler and Édouard Manet, alongside Baudelaire……………………………

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