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'''Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault''' (1791 - 1824) was a [[French]] [[painter]], largely self-taught. He exerted a seminal influence on the development of Romantic art in France; [[Eugene Delacroix]], was profoundly influenced by Géricault. [http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/230550/Theodore-Gericault] 
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Géricault copied paintings in the [[Louvre]] and traveled to Rome, where he discovered [[Michelangelo]]'s works and the exuberance of [[Baroque]] art. [http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/493/thodore-gricault-french-1791-1824/]
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Théodore Géricault had a personal predilection for drama and expressive force.


[[Image:Géricault The Raft of the Medusa.jpg]]

The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819). Realism and Romanticism.


== See also ==
[[File:Gericault, Officer of the Chasseurs charging on horseback.jpg|thumb|Officer of the Chasseurs charging on horseback, ca. 1812.]]
*[[Painting Schools]]
*[[French painting]]

[[File:Gericault Le Derby d Epsom 1821.jpg|thumb|left|Le Derby d'Epsom, 1821.]]
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== External links ==

*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gericault/ Théodore Géricault]


[[File:Gericault, Sailboat on the Sea, 1818 - 1819.png|left|450px]]

Sailboat on the Sea, 1818 - 1819.


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[[Category:French Painters]]