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Théodore Géricault

French · 1791–1824

Died young, but secured French Romanticism's place in art history with a single monumental canvas.

MovementRRomanticism
Works3 in this atlas
BornRouen
DiedParis
Artworks
artwork
The Raft of the Medusa
Louvre
1818–1819
artwork
The 1821 Derby at Epsom
Louvre
1821
artwork
Portrait of a Kleptomaniac
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
c. 1820–1824
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