As part of the PhotoSaintGermain festival, the Musée Delacroix presents the work of Karen Knorr, an American-British artist born in Germany, with a selection from one of her best-known series, "India Song."
Her photographs enter into dialogue with "Delacroix, Horses and Other Animals": drawing inspiration from the animals Delacroix painted, Karen Knorr populates the apartment with big cats, horses, and peacocks.
Her images are built from architectural shots, taken with both large-format and digital cameras, into which living subjects observed in reserves, in a zoo, or in the wild are inserted - blurring the boundaries of the real.
By weaving these animal figures into places steeped in memory, the works of Eugène Delacroix and Karen Knorr together conjure beautiful imaginary encounters.
Musée national Eugène-Delacroix
The Musée national Eugène-Delacroix occupies the apartment and studio where Eugène Delacroix lived and worked from 1857 until his death. Today, visitors can explore the painter’s dining room, sitting room and bedroom, where works by the artist are displayed. The visit continues in Eugène Delacroix’s studio, overlooking a charming garden. The artist himself had the studio built and worked there surrounded by thousands of sketches and drawings, as well as objects brought back from his journey to Morocco.
Today, the collection of the Musée national Eugène-Delacroix brings together paintings, drawings, prints and letters by Eugène Delacroix and his contemporaries, exploring the painter’s work and creative process through a wide range of themes.