Géricault au musée Condé de Chantilly

Géricault au musée Condé de Chantilly

by Théodore Géricault

Book 5 of Les carnets de Chantilly --

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Alongside this exhibition, and within the framework of the "Napoléon hors les murs" programme, the new Cabinet d'arts graphiques at the Musée Condé is exhibiting around forty of Géricault's lithographs, as well as three original drawings, all from the extraordinary collections bequeathed by Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897), to the Institut de France... Géricault wasn't entirely the champion of imperialism he was believed to have been: his works show a highly critical viewpoint with regard to the Napoleonic Wars. He went to great pains to depict the unhappiness, misery and suffering of the troops in Chariot chargé de soldats blessés (Cart Filled with Wounded Soldiers) 1818, Retour de Russie (Return from Russia) 1818, Caisson d'artillerie (The Artillery Caisson) 1818, and Le Cheval mort (The Dead Horse) 1823. He strove to depict the reality of the troops' suffering: the mutilation, violence, artillery fire. Inspired by an anecdote related in the newspaper Le Constitutionnel, Géricault undertook a fierce political critique of the Restoration regime in Le Factionnaire suisse (Swiss Sentry at the Louvre) 1819): a maimed former soldier of the Empire is seen propping himself up with his walking stick. He is stopped at the ticket booth to the Louvre and is so furious that he opens his redingote to show the Legion of Honour that he earned in battle, and orders the sentry to 'present arms'. This is one of Géricault's most famous lithographs. Cet ouvrage est publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée au musée Condé, Domaine de Chantilly, du 15 juin au 14 octobre 2018.00Figure éminente du romantisme, surtout connu en tant que peintre du cheval, Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) meurt à trente-deux ans, plus jeune que Raphaël ou Watteau, laissant une production lithographique qui compte parmi les plus grands chefs-d'œuvre du XIXe siècle.00Formé par Carle Vernet, Guérin et l'École des beaux-arts, ayant copié les maîtres au Louvre, Géricault échoue au prix de Rome en 1816, mais se rend à ses frais en Italie. Il introduit dans son œuvre l'actualité contemporaine : libéral, il montre les souffrances des soldats de l'Empire, critique le régime de la Restauration avec son Radeau de la Méduse (Salon de 1819), s'intéresse à la question de l'sclavage. Durant ses séjours à Londres en 1820-1821, il dénonce dans ses lithographies la réalité sociale des débuts de la révolution industrielle. Les poèmes de Lord Byron inspirent sa production orientaliste, dominée par son amour du cheval.

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