Shop art print and framed art Cheval gris by Théodore Géricault
Subjects : Animals
Keywords : 19th century, Romanticism, black art, horse
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Cheval gris OF Théodore Géricault
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Cheval gris
Cheval arabe gris-blanc, also known as Grey-White Horse, is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French painter Théodore Géricault, painted in 1812 and housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen. It depicts an Arabian horse in profile, facing left.
The painting depicts a horse seen in profile, with its head turned to the left, painted very vigorously and in full light, standing out against a well-detailed brown-black wall background on the left of the canvas, which disappears into the darkness on the right.
The painting was bought for 600 francs by Mr Reiset, and sold for the same price to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in [...]
This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the romanticism style.
« Cheval gris » is kept at Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France.
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