Pictures of
Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer
(1810-49)

Chopin's music was mostly written for the piano. Chopin music includes piano sonatas, concertos, études (studies), nocturnes, preludes, scherzos, ballades, waltzes (such as the Minute Waltz), and mazurkas. Other well known Chopin works for the piano include the Barcarolle, Opus 60, the Fantasia, Opus 49, and the Berceuse, Opus 57.




Frédéric Chopin
in a seemingly pensive yet watchful mood
(Painting by Eugène Delacroix, 1838)




Chopin
(Drawing by Rudolph Lehmann, 1847)




The writer, George Sand (1804-76),
Chopin's lover during the 1840s






Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Frédéric Chopin, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote.