"Portrait of a Man Suffering from Delusions of Military Command" & "Portrait of a Woman Suffering from Obsessive Envy" by Théodore Géricault. In the 1800s, the discredited science of "physiognomy", held that physical appearances could be used to diagnose mental disorders.

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Le radeau de la méduse, Théodore Géricault, 1819
Département des peintures, école française

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In 1821 painter Théodore Géricault was invited to paint portraits of patients by his friend, Dr. Étienne-Jean Georget, a pioneer in psychiatric medicine. The portraits were painted quickly and were an attempt to bring dignity to the subjects.

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le 26 janvier 1824, mort de Théodore Géricault (1791- 1824) Passionné de chevaux, peintre de l'école romantique, célèbre pour son œuvre le Radeau de la Méduse (1819) il réalise des lithographies des sculptures& dessin il meurt à 32 ans des suites d'1 accident de cheval

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➤La aterradora historia detrás de “La Balsa de la Medusa”, Théodore Géricault, 1819 , … “Todo empezó en 1815 cuando el rey Luis XVIII envió una flota naval, incluyendo el gran barco Medusa, a Senegal para reclamar la tierra de Gran Bretaña”
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How it started How it ended

54mm Napoleonic figure painted with acrylics & oils 🎨
Inspired by artwork: ‘The Charging Chasseur’ by Théodore Géricault.

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➤ “La Libertad guiando al pueblo”, Eugène Delacroix, 1830,
➤ “La balsa de la Medusa”, Théodore Géricault , 1819
➤ Estos autores son los dos máximos exponentes de la pintura romántica francesa
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Depopulated Art.
People have been digitally removed from paintings of historic value by artist José Manuel Ballester.
The Last Supper (da Vinci, 1498)
The Raft of the Medusa (Géricault, 1819)
The Birth of Venus (Botticelli, c.1486)
The Third of May 1808 (Goya, 1814)

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Bon dia
El bes, c. 1816
Théodore Géricault

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, né le 14 décembre 1824.
Dans l'intéressante exposition "Le modèle noir de Géricault à Matisse" de 2019 au , on pouvait admirer le tableau intitulé "Le jeune Noir à l'épée" de 1850. "Le marchand de tortues" est daté, lui, de 1854. https://t.co/2pxanWtPSw

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'a portrait of the witcher as an old man', the witcher 3: wild hunt, blood and wine expansion (2016) // 'the charging chasseur', or 'an officer of the imperial horse guards charging', théodore géricault (c.1812)

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Restons dans ma série chevaux dans l'art avec cette étude de Théodore Géricault

"La Retraite de Russie", 1818.

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French painter, sculptor, designer and lithographer Théodore Géricault was born 1791 in Rouen. A pioneer of Romanticism, Géricault was a passionate horseman, had a flamboyant personality and died at 33 after a riding accident.

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French painter Théodore Géricault was born on this day in 1791. He was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement.

Part Two

The first image features Joseph, an actor and acrobat from Haiti, who was also a model for the "Raft of the Medusa."

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