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Théodore Géricault

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. 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 John Constable

John Constable

Nature wins, every time

1776-1837
Portrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804-1887
Portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

The birth of science out of fire

1734-1797
Portrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis

African-American Chippewa woman takes over sculpture

1844-1907
Portrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Guardian of the old ways

1780-1867
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720-1778
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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