Théodore Géricault, 1816 - Warrior with a Spear - fine art print

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At the age of nineteen, Théodore Gericault entered the Parisian studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, a successful follower of Jacques-Louis David. In Guérin's studio the young Gericault would have refined his skills by drawing from antique statues and casts in the Louvre and then after the live model as a preliminary to full-scale works.

The Nude Warrior with a Spear is a bold presentation of the male nude that to Gericault's contemporaries would have recalled an "académie," or sketch that was executed as an exercise and meant to serve as inspiration for later, more finished, compositions. In this work however, Gericault has transformed his exercise into a finished easel painting. The model's right leg, spear, and left arm constitute three parallel diagonals, and the body itself is divided into a series of interlocked triangles as can be seen in the bent right arm and left thigh. The power of the figure, however, is communicated through the head, averted from the viewer, and gazing into a barren landscape. The contrast of the figure's virile form against the empty landscape can be understood as a romantic metaphor for the defeat of France, whose vast energies were funneled into the world of the imagination following the Napoleonic wars.

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• Glossy acrylic glass print: A glossy acrylic glass print, which is sometimes referenced as a plexiglass print, will change the artwork into brilliant wall décor and makes a great alternative to canvas or dibond fine art replicas. Your own replica of the work of art will be manufactured with the help of modern UV direct print technology.
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This masterpiece was created by Théodore Géricault. The 200 years old version of the artwork had the size: 93,6 x 75,5 cm (36 7/8 x 29 3/4 in). Oil on canvas was used by the European painter as the technique for the painting. It belongs to the collection of National Gallery of Art, which is the museum of the US-American nation that preserves, collects, exhibits, and fosters an understanding of works of art. With courtesy of - National Gallery of Art, Washington (license: public domain).: . What is more, the alignment is portrait with an aspect ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Théodore Géricault was a male painter, whose style can be attributed primarily to Romanticism. The Romanticist artist lived for a total of 33 years - born in the year 1791 in Rouen and passed away in the year 1824 in Paris.

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