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Théodore Géricault · 1823
Théodore Géricault: 1791–1824
Other names (23)
Géricault, gericault jean-louis andre-theodore, i. l. gericault, jean andre theodore gericault, jean gericault, Jean L. And. Theodore Géricault, Jean Louis Andre Gericault, Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericaule, Jean-Louis-André-Theodore Géricault, jean louis gericault, Jean Louis Theodore Gericault, Jean Louis Theodor Gericault, jean louis th. gericault, Jericault, J. L. A. Théodore Géricault, j. l. a. th. gericault, j. l. gericault, Teodor Zheriko, t. gericault, Theodore Gericault, theo. gericault, Theophile Gericault, th. gericault
Biography
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi ɑ̃dʁe teɔdɔʁ ʒeʁiko]; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) 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.
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. Laneuville lived at the Hotel de Longueville alongside Jean-Baptiste Caruel, Théodore Géricault's maternal uncle, and other members of the extended Géricault family.
In 1797, Théodore Géricault's Saint Domingue relation Louis Robillard de Peronville arrived in Paris with his family, having fled war and revolution in France's Caribbean colony.
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Théodore Géricault. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Art Institute of Chicago144 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art40 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art30 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art30 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre27 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon26 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Rouen13 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Vannes5 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen4 recorded works
- musée Condé — Chantilly3 recorded works
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris3 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Dijon3 recorded works
- musée national Magnin — Dijon2 recorded works
- musée Vivant Denon — Chalon-sur-Saône2 recorded works
- Kunsthaus Zürich1 recorded work
- Minneapolis Institute of Art1 recorded work
- Musée de Grenoble1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Béziers1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Orléans1 recorded work
- musée Grobet-Labadié — Marseille1 recorded work
- musée Ingres Bourdelle — Montauban1 recorded work
- National Gallery1 recorded work
- Walters Art Museum1 recorded work
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