Iconic French painting to make comeback in true colours

The public will be able to admire Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People" in its full glory at the Louvre museum from Thursday. "We're the first generation to rediscover the colour" of the work, said an enthusiastic Sebastien Allard, director of paintings at the Paris museum. Delacroix painted the artwork to commemorate France's July Revolution of 1830. He depicted a woman personifying Liberty brandishing the French flag and leading armed men over the bodies of the fallen. The image has since become iconic...