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(Jean-Louis-André-) Géricault
(b. Sept. 26, 1791, Rouen, Fr.--d. Jan. 26, 1824, Paris)
(b. Sept. 26, 1791, Rouen, Fr. d. Jan. 26, 1824, Paris)
Painter who exerted a seminal influence on the development of
Deauville)
One of the first French
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]
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