(b. Sept. 26, 1791, Rouen, Fr.--d. Jan. 26, 1824, Paris)
Painter who exerted a seminal influence on the development of
Romantic
art in France. Géricault was a fashionable dandy and an avid horseman
whose dramatic paintings reflect his colourful, energetic, and
somewhat morbid personality.
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
Insane
1821-24; Oil on canvas. Museum Van Schoone, Kunsten, Gent. (140 Kb)
(thanks to bergomi@elfe.saclay.cea.fr and Marc Coevoet,
mcoevoet@vub.ac.be)