I spent Saturday afternoon of June 2nd, with Delacroix, or, more accurately speaking, with his studio at 6, rue de Furstenberg,  the last studio he painted and where he also lived (and died).

Had a hard time finding Eugene Delacroix’s studio (the French have a system of “rues” and “avenues” that, as far as I’m concerned, is a rat’s nest to navigate)- I had visited Delacroix’s studio  on my first trip to Paris in 1988 - but whatever I did then, I spent much more quality time last Saturday, then I ever did, 20 years ago.

First, I want to say that I had a sense of the most profound peace while sitting in the garden of Delacroix’s studio; perhaps, I have only felt such peace once or twice in my entire life.

Perhaps I had come home. 

If so, forgive me for spending so much of the video filming the garden and my unsteady hand.  If the footage of the garden is too long - advance past it using the YouTube slider bar.  I also sneaked in some footage of Delacroix’s studio and apartment (it was not allowed); I could not appear to be taking pictures so my camera is not, perhaps, aimed where it ought to have been - but I still got some good footage, anyway.

The tree in the upper left was magnificent and might well have been the inspiration for the large tree in the mural Jacob Wresting with The Angel at the nearby church of Saint-Sulpice in the chapel of the Holy Angels; I also visited Saint-Sulpice after leaving the studio (that visit will be on a different online video clip).