French, 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault (1791–1824) was a French painter and lithographer born in Rouen. He moved to Paris as a child, where his family was involved in the tobacco business. Géricault trained in the studios of Carle Vernet and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, studied master paintings at the Louvre, and learned about horses at Versailles. He became a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and his most famous work was The Raft of the Medusa.
Sources: Wikipedia (en): Théodore Géricault · Wikidata Q184212
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