7 Stunning Paintings By French Artist Théodore Géricault

French artist Théodore Géricault, born on September 26th in 1791 is known for his famous paintings during the Romantic movement. On his birth anniversary let's check out 7 timeless paintings by the renowned artist

Portrait of Théodore Géricault by Horace Vernet

'The Raft of the Medusa' in 1818 is Géricault's most popular an dtalked about painting. It features a gruesome mass of figures afloat at sea, some dead

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'Insane Woman' in 1822 is from a series of work Géricault did on the mentally ill. This popular potrait id is housed in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon in France

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'Shipwreck' in 1824 is another stunning oil-in canvas painting by the French artist that emphasises on the sea waves and wrek caused by it

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'Charging Chasseur' in 1812 is a classic large-scale portrait by Géricault featuring an officer in the French Imperial Guard charging away from the viewer

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Géricault was reallly interested in potraits! 'Potrait of Mustapha' is another popular potraits by the artist, where he potraits a real Turkish man named Mustapha who had been shipwrecked in France

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'Evening' in 1818 is a landscape painting of an idealised Italian setting

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'Two post-horses at the stable' in 1823 is another marvellous oil-in canvas painting by the artist

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