Convulsionists of Tangier, Eugène Delacroix, 1837–38
Eugène Delacroix, retratoEugène DelacroixFrancia, 1798–1863

Convulsionists of Tangier

1837–38 · Painting · 95.57 × 128.59 cm

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Convulsionists of Tangiers (also The Fanatics of Tangier) is an 1837–38 painting by the French Romantic visual artist Eugène Delacroix. It is held by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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Eugène Delacroix was the acknowledged master of the French Romantic school. In 1832, he traveled to North Africa with the French ambassador, Count de Mornay, who was to negotiate a treaty of friendship with the sultan of Morocco. One day in Tangier, the two hid in an attic and through the cracks of a shuttered window witnessed the frenzy of the Aïssaouas, a fanatical Muslim sect. The turmoil of that event is conveyed in this vividly colored and vigorously brushed depiction of the fanatics hurling themselves down the street. Of the pictures resulting from the Moroccan experiences, this remains one of Delacroix's most arresting.

This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.

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En la vida de Eugène Delacroix

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  1. 1833–1837

    Decoration of the Salon du Roi in the Palais Bourbon

    From 1833 Delacroix received numerous commissions to decorate the public buildings of Paris; the first was his work on the Salon du Roi in the Chamber of Deputies at the Palais Bourbon, completed in 1837.

  2. 1835

    Serious Throat Illness Discovered

    In 1835 Delacroix was found to have a serious throat ailment which, alternately subsiding and flaring up, eventually brought him to his grave.

  3. 1838

    "Medea" Causes a Sensation at the Salon

    Delacroix exhibited Medea About to Kill Her Children — his first major engagement with Greek mythology; the painting caused a sensation at the Salon and was quickly purchased by the state.

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