Olga's Gallery
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault
(1791-1824)
Biography
Théodore Géricault was born into a wealthy Rouen family in 1791. He studied with the painters Carle Vernet (1758-1836) and Pierre Guérin (1774-1833) in Paris, and in 1816-1818 traveled to Italy. The Old Masters, especially Michelangelo and Rubens, influenced him more than any contemporary artist. Already in his early works Géricault strays away from the Neoclassical canons, which dominated in the French art of the time. Read Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault's Full Biography
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Mounted Officer of the Imperial Guard. 1812. Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris, France. 
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An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guadrs Charging, also Chasseur Charging. 1814. Oil on canvas. 349 x 266 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Blacksmith's Signboard. 1814. Oil on wood. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Taming of the Bulls. 1817. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Race of Wild Horses in Rome. 1817. Paper on canvas. 45 x 60 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Horse Races in Rome. 1817. Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 45.1 x 60 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France.
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. The Return from Russia. c.1818. Watercolor over pencil on Bristol Board, and lithograph.
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Heads Severed. 1818. Oil on canvas. 50 x 61 cm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.
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The Raft of the "Medusa". 1818-1819. Oil on canvas. 490 x 720 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Derby at Epson. 1821. Oil on canvas. 92 x 123 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Madman. c.1822. Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
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The Madwoman. c.1822-23. Oil on canvas. 72 x 58 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyons, France.
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The Woman with Gambling Mania. c.1822-23. Oil on canvas. 77 x 65 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
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The Plaster Kiln. . Oil on canvas. 50 x 61. Louvre, Paris, France.
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Grey Dapple Horse. . Oil on canvas. Private collection.
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Study of a Model. . Oil on canvas. 64 x 53 cm. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
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