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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

John Constable, The ArtistsPortrait of John Constable

John Constable

Nature wins, every time

1776 – 1837
Peder Balke, The ArtistsPortrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804 – 1887
Joseph Wright of Derby, The ArtistsPortrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

1734 – 1797
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The ArtistsPortrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Creating beauty by the rules

1825 – 1905
Anne-Louis Girodet, The ArtistsPortrait of Anne-Louis Girodet

Anne-Louis Girodet

A phenom works himself to death

1767 – 1824
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The ArtistsPortrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720 – 1778
17011900

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Théodore Géricault

Eugène Delacroix

Anna Atkins

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