Au Bon Vivant

For Delacroix, winter in Paris is a time of joy and beauty, of chimneys billowing smoke from the warm fire inside the beautiful stone buildings that line the streets of the wondrous city. In this original lithograph, Au Bon Vivant, the artist offsets the winter chill with vibrant storefronts lining the sidewalk as children play together in the streets, building snowmen or tossing snowballs at one another as shopkeepers watch the gently falling snow. Even the barren trees—painted white in fresh snow—evoke the magic of winter in the city of lights