Ary Scheffer’s Paris studio was a vibrant meeting place for painters, writers, and musicians - Chopin among them. A true centre of Romantic life in 19th-century Paris, its spirit has been revived at ...

In 1816, the French naval frigate Medusa ran aground off the coast of West Africa. Without room on rescue boats for all 400 passengers, more than 140 were forced onto a hastily constructed life raft.

“Romantic Life: Chopin, Scheffer, Delacroix, Sand” is the title of an exhibition that opened on Thursday at the Chopin Museum in Warsaw. The exhibition features more than 50 works of art ...

French auctioneer Malo de Lussac was examining the contents of a property in France’s central region of Touraine when he came across a treasure: an original oil-on-canvas painting by Eugène ...

A previously unknown painting by French Romantic giant Eugène Delacroix will come to auction this month in Paris. Measuring two feet high, Study of Reclining Lions is estimated at €200,000 to ...

Eugène Delacroix, born in 1798, is regarded as the leader of the Romantic movement in French painting. His works are far more likely to be found in the Louvre than basements or living rooms.