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TITLE:     Massacre at Chios
ARTIST:  Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
SIZE:        23" x 33"
PIECES:   1500
PRICE:     $30
SALE PRICE: $19
MADE BY: Nuova Arti Grafiche Ricordi
DESCRIPTION:  Delacroix's painting of the Massacre at Chios shows sick, dying Greek civilians about to be slaughtered by the Turks. One of several paintings he made of this contemporary event, it expresses sympathy for the Greek cause in their war of independence against the Turks, a popular sentiment at the time for the French people. Delacroix was quickly recognized as a leading painter in the new Romantic style, and the picture was bought by the state. His depiction of suffering was controversial however, as there was no glorious event taking place, no patriots raising their swords in valor, only a disaster.