Théodore Géricault

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Théodore Géricault was a pioneering French Romantic painter best known for his dramatic and politically charged masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa."

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instanceOf Romantic artist
human
painter
painting
artisticPeriod early 19th century
birthDate 1791-09-26
birthPlace France
Normandy
Rouen
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery
causeOfDeath riding accident complications
spinal injury complications
collection Louvre Museum
completionDate 1819
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfOrigin France
creator Théodore Géricault self-linksurface differs
deathDate 1824-01-26
deathPlace France
Paris
depicts shipwreck survivors on a raft
wreck of the French frigate Méduse
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts
ethnicGroup French
familyName Théodore Géricault self-linksurface differs
surface form: Géricault
fieldOfWork lithography
painting
fullName Théodore Géricault self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault
genre equestrian painting
history painting
portrait painting
givenName André
Jean-Louis
Théodore
inception 1818
influenced Eugène Delacroix
French Romantic painters
influencedBy Antoine-Jean Gros
Caravaggio
Michelangelo
Peter Paul Rubens
knownFor dramatic compositions
politically charged subjects
realistic depiction of suffering
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Romanticism
Romanticism
nationality French
nativeLanguage French
notableWork Portraits of the Insane
Epsom Derby
surface form: The 1821 Derby at Epsom

The Charging Chasseur
The Raft of the Medusa
The Wounded Cuirassier
occupation painter
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Pierre-Narcisse Guérin NERFINISHED

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Père Lachaise Cemetery burialPlaceOf Théodore Géricault
Eugène Delacroix influencedBy Théodore Géricault
The Raft of the Medusa creator Théodore Géricault
The Raft of the Medusa artist Théodore Géricault
Théodore hasNotableBearer Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault fullName Théodore Géricault self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault
Théodore Géricault familyName Théodore Géricault self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Géricault
Théodore Géricault creator Théodore Géricault self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Raft of the Medusa
Salon of 1819 exhibitedArtist Théodore Géricault
Paris Salon of 1819 featuredArtist Théodore Géricault
National Museum of Western Art hasWorkBy Théodore Géricault
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen exhibitsWorkBy Théodore Géricault
Musée de Grenoble hasWorkBy Théodore Géricault