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THÉODORE GÉRICAULT (1791-1824) Knights Drawing, black and red pen, 19,6x29,5 inches (50x75 mm) Attributed to Géricault by Prof. Pierre Rosenberg. Theodore Gericault (179-1824), was a French painter. He began his training in Paris under the direction of Carle Vernet and later Pierre-Narcisse Guerin, in a neoclassical temperament. In 1810, Géricault furthered his studies at the Louvre, imitating works by masters such as Titian and Rembrandt van Rijn to develop his own specific a style, making a distinct effort to avoid Neoclassicism, the dominant movement of the time becoming a forerunner of Romanticism, a movement endorsing emotion over reason. In 1819, Theodore Géricault exhibited his most acclaimed work, The Raft of the Medusa, depicting the ghastly aftermath of a shipwreck. Disappointed by the reception of The Raft of the Medusa, Géricault took the painting to England in 1820, where it was received as a sensational success. He remained there for two years, enjoying the equine culture and producing a body of lithographs, watercolors, and oils of jockeys and horses. Upon his return to France Géricault became enthralled in the visual representation of human emotion on the face, creating several portraits of detached, yet psychologically piercing portraits of the insane who were committed at the psychiatric institution of the artist's friend, Dr. Etienne-Jean Georget.