France

Painting the Headlines

Gros, Géricault, Delacroix and Rude, 1804–1836

This part follows French art from the official painting of Napoleon's reign to the generation that broke with it. It closes with a sculpture carved for a public monument, the Arc de Triomphe.

• Gros and a state commission from Napoleon's campaigns
• Géricault's soldiers, horses, castaways and a portrait of madness
• Delacroix and the revolution of July 1830

Works in this part

• Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa
• The Charging Chasseur
• Wounded Cuirassier Leaving the Field
• The Raft of the Medusa
• The Monomaniac of Envy
• The Derby at Epsom
• The Barque of Dante
• Scenes from the Massacres at Chios
• Liberty Leading the People
• The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 (La Marseillaise)

Image: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (PD-Art)