Word: gericault
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Winthrop's collection of Ingres, third largest in the world, is complemented by Delacroix, Corot, Daumier, and Gericault. The drawings from Blake's illustrations of Dante, including a wonderful Lucia Carrying Dante in his Sleep, and the pre-Raphelite drawings make the English drawing a contingent rival of the French. The single Van Gogh portrait drawing is my favorite...
Click! went Leutze, a German-born artist, who actually executed the painting in Dusseldorf, using all the American tourists he could find in town for their facial characteristics. In the Napoleonic tradition of Baron Gros and Gericault, disorder and confusion are hardly apparent. The balanced composition centers around a middle-ground bridge built by the unrealistic posture of Washington's war horse. The dog, which shares the foreground pool of water with parched troops, helps to tranquilize the hustle of hoofs...