1. Jean-Louis-Andre- Theodore-Gericault
By Ariunaa Bayraa

2. Gericault: Basic facts
Born in 1791 in Rouen, France
Painter and lithographer
One of the pioneers of French Romanticism
Person of passionate and flamboyant character
A dandy who loved horses
Died in 1824 at the age of only 33 in Paris due to spinal injuries, falling from a horse

3. Gericault: Stages in His Life as an Artist
Paris
Carle Vernet
Pierre Guerin
Peter Paul Rubens
Influenced Eugene Delacroix
Italy
Michelangelo
Italian Baroque
England
Fame brought by Raft of Medusa
Shared expertise with English artists

4. Gericault: Works Most distinctive virtues of Gericault’s works:
Macabre realism (macabre: Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome; constituting or including a representation of death )
Drama
Sense of movement

5. Gericault: Works
Three major themes of Gericault’s works and his most famous works:
Horse racing, horsemanship
Example: The Charging Chasseur
Macabre realism
Example: Raft of Medusa
Insanity
Example: The Madwoman, The Kleptomaniac

6. Charging Chasseur
1812; Paris, Louvre

7. Raft of Medusa 1819; Paris, Louvre

8. The Madwoman
1822, Lyons, Musee des Beaux-Arts

9. The Kleptomaniac
1824; Kunsten, Museum Van Schoone

10. Sources Consulted Wikipedia Oxford Reference Online
Encyclopedia Britannica

11. Thank You!