He died at just 32, yet Théodore Géricault detonated French Neoclassicism and opened the door to Romanticism in barely a decade of work. A wealthy dandy obsessed with horses, corpses, and the psychology of the marginalized, he shocked Paris with The Raft of the Medusa — a shipwreck painted with journalistic intensity and moral urgency. His friendship with a young Eugène Delacroix, who modeled for the painting, would shape the future of French art. His masterpieces remain together today at the Musée du Louvre. Continue reading Théodore Géricault 🎨🖌🖼