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Théodore Géricault

1791–1824 · France · Romanticism

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement. Wikipedia

What to look for

Muscular bodies, horses in action and the shocking drama of The Raft of the Medusa, dark and powerful.

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Works

• “The Raft of the Medusa”, 1819 — Louvre
• “The 1821 Derby at Epsom”, 1821 — Louvre
• “Portrait of a Kleptomaniac”, 1820–1824 — Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
• “The Charging Chasseur”, 1812 — Louvre
• “The Wounded Cuirassier”, 1814 — Louvre
• “The Plaster Kiln”, 1821 — Louvre
• “The Woman with a Gambling Mania”, 1820 — Louvre
• “Insane Woman”, 1821 — Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
• “Head of a white horse”, 1811 — Louvre
• “Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct”, 1818 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
• “The Severed Heads”, 1818 — Nationalmuseum
• “The Melancholic Man”
• “A Horse frightened by Lightning”, 1820–1821 — National Gallery
• “Gray Horse”, 1812 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
• “Head of a Guillotined Man”, 1818 — Art Institute of Chicago
• “A Charge of Cuirassiers”, 1823 — Wallace Collection
• “Head of a lion”, 1819 — Wallraf-Richartz Museum
• “Cheval attaqué par un lion”, 1812 — Louvre
• “Alfred Dedreux (1810–1860) as a Child”, 1819 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
• “Horse Market: Five Horses at the Stake”, 1816 — Louvre
• “Chat mort”, 1800–1900 — Louvre
• “Course de Chevaux montés allant à gauche, au moment du départ”, 1822 — Louvre
• “The Raft of the Medusa”, 1818 — Louvre
• “Portrait of Louise Vernet”, 1812 — Louvre
• “Scène du déluge”, 1819 — Louvre
• “Portrait of a Man”, 1822 — Louvre
• “La tempête ou L'épave”, 1814 — Louvre
• “Alexandre Colin”, 1815 — Louvre
• “Un carabinier, vu à mi-corps”, 1814 — Louvre
• “Portrait of an artist in his studio”, 1812 — Louvre
• “Cinq chevaux vus par la croupe”, 1821 — Louvre
• “Cuirassier blessé”, 1813 — Louvre
• “Cheval gris au râtelier”, 1811 — Louvre
• “Spanish horse in a stable”, 1811 — Louvre
• “Cheval Cabré au Tapis de Selle Rouge”, 1812 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
• “Course de chevaux libres à Rome”, 1817 — Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
• “Riderless Racers at Rome”, 1817 — Walters Art Museum
• “Man with Delusions of Military Command” — Museum collection Am Römerholz
• “Study of Feet and Hands”, 1818 — Musée Fabre
• “Cheval turc dans une écurie”, 1811 — Louvre

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