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Théodore Géricault, The ArtistsThe Raft of the Medusai
Portrait of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault was a French artist born on April 26, 1798. Géricault contributed to the Romantic and Neoclassical movements, worked in England and died on August 13, 1863.

An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guards Charging, Théodore Géricault

An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guards Charging 1812

The Wounded Cuirassier, Théodore Géricault

The Wounded Cuirassier 1814

The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault

The Raft of the Medusa 1818

Sailboat on a Raging Sea, Théodore Géricault

Sailboat on a Raging Sea 1818 – 1819

Portrait of a Kleptomaniac, Théodore Géricault

Portrait of a Kleptomaniac 1820

The Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault

The Epsom Derby 1837

Gustave Doré, The ArtistsPortrait of Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

1832 – 1883
Caspar David Friedrich, The ArtistsPortrait of Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich

The quiet tragedy of the big big world

1774 – 1840
Eugène Delacroix, The ArtistsPortrait of Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Drama, movement and a search for the exotic

1798 – 1863
Alexandre Cabanel, The ArtistsPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Creativity vs the Académie

1823 – 1889
Mary Edmonia Lewis, The ArtistsPortrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis

African-American Chippewa woman takes over sculpture

1844 – 1907
Anton Raphael Mengs, The ArtistsPortrait of Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs

1728 – 1779
17011900

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Théodore Géricault

Eugène Delacroix

Anna Atkins

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