
Théodore Géricault (1791–1824)French · 1810s–1820sPainted here after this hand, never after their pictures
French 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault
Dark drama, muscle and storm.
Gone 202 years, so the hand is everyone’s. We describe it to the painters: the light, the ground, the palette, the stroke. The picture is yours.
Default palette: Storm Glass
What shall we hang here?The line above becomes the first.
Painted here 3 judged
The hand, three times over
Each of these was painted in this studio in this hand and passed the art gate before it hung. Nothing here is a photograph of a painting.






