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Théodore Géricault

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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. Get notified when Théodore Géricault's biography is complete:

An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guards Charging

1812

The Wounded Cuirassier

1814

The Raft of the Medusa

1818

Sailboat on a Raging Sea

1818-1819

Portrait of a Kleptomaniac

1820

The Epsom Derby

1837
Portrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804-1887
Portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky

Ivan Aivazovsky

A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda

1817-1900
Portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

1734-1797
Portrait of Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David

Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk

1748-1825
Portrait of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Painted for Marie Antoinette and never made a dime

1755-1842
Portrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis

African-American Chippewa woman takes over sculpture

1844-1907
17011900
Of Love and Mushrooms
Orra White Hitchcock
An underdog artist pits monsters vs. superheroes
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Théodore Géricault
Drama, movement and a search for the exotic
Eugène Delacroix
Electric blue: the first photographic book
Anna Atkins

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