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Jean-Louis-AndrÈ-ThÈodore GÈricault, artist
French, 1791 - 1824
Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Old Man from the series, Various Subjects Drawn From Life and on Stone, J. Gericault (London: 1821), 1821
Lithograph
31.9 x 37.8 cm (image); 37.5 x 52.8 cm (sheet)
Gift of the Bay Area Graphic Arts Council 1972.73
Artist Credit: all
Artist Biography: Born of wealthy parents, Gericault moved to Paris with his family about 1796. After studying at the Lycee Imperial, in 1808 he entered the studio of Carle Vernet, whose easy-going instruction he later quit for a stricter program of study (1810-11) under the neoclassicist Pierre Guerin. He also worked on his own copying examples in the Louvre of the dramatic art of Rubens Van Dyck, Titian, Veronese, and others. At the Salon of 1812 he exhibited his first major independent painting, "The Charging Chasseur" (Paris, Musee du Louvre), which won a medal and announced through its fiery treatment of military valor the emergence of Gericault's strongly romantic sensibility. Experiments with an antique manner preceded a trip to Italy in 1816-17. After exploring a number of themes that resulted in many small-scale works, Gericault finally found in the story of the raft of the Medusa a contemporary epic that allowed him to raise realism to a powerfully monumental level (Salon of 1819, Paris, Musee du Louvre). In 1820-22 he lived in England where he concentrated on genre subjects and lithographs. A series of portraits of the insane mark a final dramatic achievement. Gericault died of a spinal disease exacerbated by riding accidents.~
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1821 London Gericault J Stone on and Life Drawn Subjects Various series from Old a of Sorrows the Pity Council Arts Graphic Area Bay Gift Europe France Print Lithograph poor desolation loneliness contrast Both right depicted shopper female dressed well shopgirl food buys gentleman Behind begging he*s as outstretched hand Man*s dutifully by sits dog his while shopfront wall brick against leans despair hunger look man Rumpled scene Street Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault French 4157201200700020 A036555 1972.73 AFGA
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