Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832: The Travel Notebooks and Other Writings

In 1832, Eug?ne Delacroix accompanied a French diplomatic mission to Morocco, the first leg of a journey through the Maghreb and Andalusia that left an indelible impression on the painter. This comprehensive, annotated English-language translation of his notes and essays about this formative trip makes available a classic example of travel writing about the "Orient" from the era and provides a unique picture of the region against the backdrop of the French conquest of Algeria.

Delacroix's travels in Morocco, Algeria, and southern Spain led him to discover a culture about which he had held only imperfect and stereotypical ideas and provided a rich store of images that fed his imagination forever after. He wrote extensively about these experiences in several stunningly beautiful notebooks, noting the places he visited, routes he followed, scenes he observed, and people he encountered. Later, Delacroix wrote two articles about the trip, "A Jewish Wedding in Morocco" and the recently discovered "Memories of a Visit to Morocco," in which he shared these extraordinary experiences, revealing how deeply influential the trip was to his art and career.

Never before translated into English, Journey to the Maghreb and Andalusia, 1832 includes Delacroix's two articles, four previously known travel notebooks, fragments of two additional, recently discovered notebooks, and numerous notes and drafts. Mich?le Hannoosh supplements these with an insightful introduction, full critical notes, appendices, and biographies, creating an essential volume for scholars and readers interested in Delacroix, French art history, Northern Africa, and nineteenth-century travel and culture.

Author: Eugène Delacroix
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 03/27/2019
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780271083346

About the Author

Michèle Hannoosh is Professor of French at the University of Michigan. She is the editor of the French edition of Eugène Delacroix's Journal and the author of Painting and the Journal of Eugène Delacroix and Baudelaire and Caricature: From the Comic to an Art of Modernity, the latter also published by Penn State University Press.