Art Across the Ages, A Selection of Treasured Works
Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1791-1824
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
1823
Medium
Lithograph
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: R32
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Best known for his large-scale canvas, The Raft of the Medusa, Theodore Gericault was a painter and early practitioner of lithography during the Romantic era. Gericault's art often revealed an understanding of equine anatomy and interest in representing horses in action-as in The Charging Chasseur of 1812, which was followed by a series of studies of horses and cavalrymen over the next several years, as well as lithographs depicting draught horses and thoroughbreds.
Included in Fables, Insults, and Reverence: The Animals of UND Art Collections Exhibition at the UND Art Collections Gallery in the Empire Arts Center
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