Theodore Gericault: A collection of 92 paintings (HD)

Theodore Gericault: A collection of 92 paintings (HD)

Description: "Frail, brooding and sensitive, Géricault was as romantic as a Romantic painter could be. While he began his career with grand military statements for the Emperor Napoleon, it was his later works, with their emotional brutality and raw empathy that captured the hearts of audiences for generations.

His masterpiece, The Raft of the Medusa was iconic in the era in which he lived, forging a new emphasis on raw emotion and sharply veering away from the refined compositional studies of Neoclassicism.

Unfortunately, Gericault's death at an early age prevents us from knowing how much further into the depths of humanity Géricault was capable of plunging. However, the work he did leave however was of great importance to the Romantic Movement."

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