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Theodore Gericault

Theodore Gericault Detail from The Raft of the Medusa oil painting on canvas
Detail from The Raft of the Medusa
Painting ID::  82066
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Theodore Gericault Detail from The Raft of the Medusa oil painting on canvas



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  Theodore Gericault
  French Romantic Painter, 1791-1824 was a profoundly influential French artist, painter and lithographer, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings. Although he died young, he became one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement. Born in Rouen, France, Gericault was educated in the tradition of English sporting art by Carle Vernet and classical figure composition by Pierre-Narcisse Guerin, a rigorous classicist who disapproved of his student's impulsive temperament, but recognized his talent.[1] Gericault soon left the classroom, choosing to study at the Louvre instead, where he copied from paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Diego Velezquez, and Rembrandt for about six years, from 1810 to 1815.
  Detail from The Raft of the Medusa
  Detail from The Raft of the Medusa (oil on canvas), held in the Louvre in Paris Date ca. 1818(1818) cjr

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