Théodore Géricault
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 201 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 26,1791 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Rouen |
| France | |
| Date of died | January 26,1824 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Periods | Romanticism |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painting |
| Lithography | |
| Painting, lithography | |
| Job | Painter |
| Visual Artist | |
| Education | National School of Fine Arts |
| Lycée Louis-le-Grand | |
| Books | Gericault |
| Géricault, his life and work | |
| The Raft of the Medusa: Géricault, Art, and Race | |
| Gericault: Drawings and Watercolors | |
| Children | Georges-Hippolyte Géricault |
| Parents | Louise-Jeanne-Marie Caruel |
| Georges-Nicolas Géricault | |
| Period by artworks | Romanticism |
| Realism | |
| Works | The Raft of the Medusa |
| The Charging Chasseur | |
| The Wounded Cuirassier | |
| Three Lovers | |
| Anatomical Pieces | |
| Place of burial | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France |
| Full name | Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault |
| On view | J. Paul Getty Museum |
| National Gallery of Art | |
| Rijksmuseum | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 485318 |
Théodore Géricault Life story
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a French painter and lithographer, whose best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement.