Images from Delacroix’s Faust series are on display for a limited time at the AGO as part of the exhibition Drama and Desire: Artists and the Theatre.
Eugene Delacroix, French, 1798-1863. Faust series of prints (17 lithographs in total) – created in 1827.
Gift from the Richard and Jean Ivey Fund, 1979.
Faust is a dramatic tale of lust and power. It tells of the tragic downfall of its hero Faust, who in a quest for infinite knowledge, sells his soul to the devil and brings destruction and death to everyone around him.