There are several general life-and-work studies on Delacroix, including Lee Johnson, Delacroix (1963), which provides a concise fundamental introduction to Delacroix’s colour theory; Barthélémy Jobert, Delacroix (1997), which is handsomely illustrated; and Charles Baudelaire, Eugéne Delacroix: His Life and Work, trans. by Joseph M. Bernstein (1947), which provides a valuable contemporary account of the artist.
André Joubin (ed.), Correspondance générale d’Eugène Delacroix, 5 vol. (1935–38), contains Delacroix’s letters; it is supplemented by Lee Johnson (ed.), Eugène Delacroix: Further Correspondence, 1817–1863 (1991). Also of note is Eugène Delacroix, The Journal of Eugene Delacroix, trans. by Walter Pach (1937, reissued 1948; originally published in French, 1893). Alfred Robaut, L’Oeuvre complet de Eugène Delacroix: peintures, dessins, gravurs, lithographies (1885, reprinted 1969), remains the standard comprehensive source on the artist’s work. Catalogs of individual media include Lee Johnson, The Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: A Critical Catalogue, 6 vol. (1981–89), and Delacroix: Pastels (1995); Loys Delteil, Delacroix, the Graphic Work: A Catalogue Raisonné, trans. and rev. by Susan Strauber (1997; originally published in French, 1908); and Maurice Sérullaz, Dessins d’Eugène Delacroix, 1798–1863, 2 vol. (1984).
Focused studies on single aspects of Delacroix’s career include Maurice Sérullaz et al., Delacroix in Morocco (1994; also published in French, 1994), which provides deep insight into the artist’s journey to Africa, featuring superb illustrations and a consideration of “the Orient”; Jack J. Spector, The Murals of Eugene Delacroix at Saint-Sulpice (1967), and Delacroix: The Death of Sardanapalus (1974); and Michele Hannoosh, Painting and the Journal of Eugène Delacroix (1995). The long-neglected yet significant mature phase of Delacroix’s career has been brought into perspective in Arlette Sérullaz et al., Delacroix: The Late Work (1998).
