DETAILS
- Artist
- Théodore Gericault
- Date
- 1810
- Location
- The New Art Gallery Walsall
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The full narration walks you through Etude d'un homme nu (Study of a Nude Man) — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Théodore Gericault
Théodore Géricault, a pioneer of Romanticism, shocked the Paris Salon with his monumental and controversial painting, "The Raft of the Medusa."
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