Lions in a Mountainous Landscape
Acrylic On Canvas- WallArt
- Romanticism
1818
48.0 x 60.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This vigorous painting of six lions in a remote, spectrally illuminated lair—possibly intended to evoke the Atlas Mountains of Morocco—is an extraordinary example of Gericault’s spontaneous handling of paint. Rather than applying finishing touches to make a polished cabinet picture, the artist left the painting in a state known as an esquisse, or sketch, a work prized by fellow artists for its strength of directly capturing a subject or effect. Until its acquisition by the Museum, the composition was known only by means of a replica (Musée du Louvre, Paris), which is thought to have been painted by an artist in Gericault’s circle.
Théodore Géricault (1791 – 1824)
Jean-Louis Géricault var en fransk målare som skapade kraftfulla och dramatiska verk, mest känd för "Medusas flotte". Han var pionjär inom romantiken och utforskade mänsklig lidelse och samhällets orättvisor med ett unikt realism.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States of America)
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Om detta konstverk
- Titel: Lions in a Mountainous Landscape
- Konstnär: Théodore Géricault
- År: 1818
- Ursprungliga mått: 48.0 x 60.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Upphovsrättsligt skydd: Allmän egendom
- Plats för visning: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Kontext i korpus: pioneering technique, animal symbolism
- Huvudfärg: Espresso
- Syfte: Accent
Snabbfakta
- Notable elements or techniques: Spontaneous handling; Esquisse style
- Artistic style: Dramatic realism
- Influences: Classical Composition
- Subject or theme: Animal depiction; Landscape
- Dimensions: 19 x 23 1/2 in.
- Year: 1818–20
- Artist: Théodore Géricault
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