The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault · 1819
Théodore Géricault
France · 1791–1824
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement. == Early life == Born in Rouen, France, Géricault moved to Paris with his family, probably in 1797, where Théodore's father, a lawyer, worked in the family tobacco business based at the Hôtel de Longueville on the Place du Carrousel. Géricault's artistic abilities were likely first recognized by the painter and art dealer Jean-Louis Laneuville.
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The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault · 1819
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The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault · 1819
Louvre
The Raft of the Medusa, originally titled Scène de Naufrage (Shipwreck Scene), is an oil painting of 1818 to 1819 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791 to 1824). Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. At 491 by 716 cm (16 ft 1 in by 23 ft 6 in), it is an over-life-size painting that depicts a moment from the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval frigate Méduse, which ran aground off the coast of today's Mauritania on 2 July 1816.
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