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    • Theodore Gericault

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    French painter (1791-1824)

    Jean-Louis Andre Theodore Gericaultwas 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.

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    architectural draftsperson

    drawer

    graphic artist

    lithographer

    painter

    sculptor

    visual artist

    About the Theodore Gericault

    Jean-Louis Andre Theodore Gericaultwas 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.

    2 Quotes by Theodore Gericault

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      With the brush we merely tint, while the imagination alone produces colour.

      Theodore Gericault

      French painter (1791-1824)

    2. 2.

      Is it not dangerous to have students study together for years, copying the same models and approximately the same path?

      Theodore Gericault

      French painter (1791-1824)