The Massacre at Chios (1824 painting)

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The Massacre at Chios is a monumental 1824 oil painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting the suffering of Greek civilians during the Greek War of Independence, and is considered a key work of French Romanticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic painting ⓘ
history painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artMovement French Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
artStyle Romanticism ⓘ
author Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
city Paris ⓘ
collection Louvre Museum ⓘ
completionDate 1824 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
depicts Greek War of Independence ⓘ
Greek civilians ⓘ
Massacre of Chios ⓘ
Ottoman persecution of Greeks ⓘ
atrocities of war ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
depictsEthnicGroup Greeks ⓘ
Ottomans ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire
depictsEvent Massacre of Chios (1822) ⓘ
exhibitedAt Paris Salon ⓘ
exhibitionDate 1824 Paris Salon ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
hasPart Ottoman soldiers ⓘ
desolate landscape ⓘ
distant burning town ⓘ
dying figures ⓘ
group of Greek captives ⓘ
mounted horseman ⓘ
women and children ⓘ
historicalContext Greek War of Independence ⓘ
inception 1824 ⓘ
inspiredBy Greek War of Independence ⓘ
Massacre of Chios (1822) ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
location Louvre Museum ⓘ
materialUsed canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
originalTitle Scène des massacres de Scio ⓘ
significance key work of French Romanticism ⓘ
major work of 19th-century French painting ⓘ
subjectMatter civilian suffering ⓘ
national liberation struggle ⓘ
war atrocities ⓘ
titleInFrench Scène des massacres de Scio ⓘ

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Chios massacre in 1822 → hasArtwork → The Massacre at Chios (1824 painting) ⓘ
Salon of 1827 → exhibitedWork → The Massacre at Chios (re-exhibited) ⓘ
linked to: The Massacre at Chios (1824 painting)