Eugène Delacroix. Liberty Leading the People (28 July 1830). 1830. Oil on canvas. Louvre. With this painting Delacroix responded to the July revolution of 1830 against Charles X (king of France 1824-30) and absolutism in France, which finished with serious democratic reforms. As a result the new ‘citizen king’ Louis-Phillippe was elected and his power […]