Eugene Delacroix 
•	Romanticism artist
•	Painted about kinetic movement and action
•	Generally used dark tainted paint to express his feelings, majority of his pictures are ominous. Most of his paintings include violence as well
•	Painted with very expressive brushstrokes
•	Studied optical effects of color
•	Inspired Impressionists and Symbolists with his use of  exotic objects and optical effects.
•	Felt that art should be created based on the artist’s feelings and inner emotions
•	Studied Neoclassicism, but was later proclaimed the leading opposition to the Neoclassicist school of David.
•	Painting
•	> Note use of dark shades, and the sole spot where there is (next to no) shade
•	> Note crowd of people in the overpopulated boat, and how some people are looking ill or tired
•	> Note how the people should be going somewhere but aren’t—nobody’s rowing.
•	> All characteristics of romanticism—the strong colors and tint represent the mind of the painter