The Hartmann Four Seasons of Eugène Delacroix

• Grant number: 16/19043-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: November 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Cesar Marques Filho
• Grantee: Luciana Lourenço Paes
• Supervisor: Jacques Leenhardt
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France
• Associated to the scholarship: 15/17738-8 - The Hartmann Four Seasons of Eugène Delacroix, BP.DR

Abstract

The present research project intends to analyse Eugène Delacroix's paintings of The Four Seasons which he executed for the Alsatian industrial and collector Frédéric Hartmann between 1856-63, reflecting on their relationship with the theme development in visual tradition and with other works by the artist. Besides, we aim to raise a discussion on the "unfinished" matter in Delacroix's creative process, already detected by 19th century critics. The idea is to provide an interpretation concerning the works not only separately, but also as a set, clarifying obscure points on the commission and the canvases' history until their arrival at Masp collection.