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Théodore GéricaultFrench Artist · 1791–1824
All works by this person →> Obstacles and difficulties which repel mediocre men are a necessity and nourishment to genius. They mature and elevate it, when in an easier road it would have remained cold. > > --Théodore Géricault Géricault's fiery, daring personality and short life fit the mold of Romantic artists of his era and, along with his controversial paintings, profoundly influenced nineteenth-century art. Despite ab
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- 1812–1814
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- Graphite
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- French
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- Drawings
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- Getty Museum
Théodore Géricault posed the soldier in this slight drawing in a manner similar to the man in his 1814 painting *The Wounded Cuirassier.* He conceived the picture as a pendant to his earlier work, the *Charging Chasseur,* and exhibited it in the Paris Salon the same year. Géricault seems to have written the notes at the top of the cover to remind himself to copy various motifs and subjects from other masters and from antiquity. For example, he noted works by his teacher Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, and the French artist Nicolas Poussin as important sources of inspiration.
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