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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

Peder Balke, The ArtistsPortrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804 – 1887
Eugène Delacroix, The ArtistsPortrait of Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

Drama, movement and a search for the exotic

1798 – 1863
Ivan Aivazovsky, The ArtistsPortrait of Ivan Aivazovsky

Ivan Aivazovsky

A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda

1817 – 1900
Angelica Kauffmann, The ArtistsPortrait of Angelica Kauffmann

Angelica Kauffmann

A feminist prodigy charms the European elite

1741 – 1807
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
17011900

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Théodore Géricault

Eugène Delacroix

Anna Atkins

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