Theodore Gericault, born in 1791, was a French painter who was an influential part of the Romantic Movement. Unfortunately, his career was cut short due to a horse riding accident that eventually caused his death in 1824 at the age of 32. During his lifetime, he created a variety of works, specializing in both paintings and lithography. His most famous painting is The Raft of the Medusa which combined Neoclassical and Romantic themes while also highlighting a contemporary tragedy. It was a controversial painting of its time due to its criticism the government, which had attributed to the ship wreck and loss of life.

Paintings by Theodore Gericault in Chronological Order:

Head of a horseman, c.1812	Portrait of the Carpenter of The Medusa, c.1812	The Blacksmith’s Signboard, 1814, YEAR
The Wounded Cuirassier, 1814	The Wounded Cuirassier, 1814	The three skulls, 1812-1814
Slaves stopping a horse, study for The Race of the Barbarian Horses, 1817	Study for the Race of the Barbarian Horses, 1817	The Wild Horse Race at Rome, c.1817
Artillery caisson, 1818	Boxers, 1818	Heroic Landscape with Fishermen, 1818
Mameluke defending wounded trumpete, 1818	The Return from Russia, 1818	The murderers carry the body of Fualdes, 1818
Wagons filled with wounded soldiers, 1818	A man, 1815-1819	Anatomical Pieces, 1819
Head of a Drowned Man, c.1819	Head of a Shipwrecked Man (study for the Raft of Medusa), 1817-1819	Portrait of Eugene Delacroix, 1818-1819
Portrait of Louise Vernet as a Child, 1818-1819	Portrait of Alfred and Elizabeth Dedreux, 1817-1819	Study for The Raft of the Medusa, 1819
The Swiss guard at the Louvre, 1819	Young blond man, 1818-1819	English Jockey, 1820
Horse carriage, 1820	Portrait of Laura Bro, 1818-1820	The asleep fishmonger, 1820
The Page Mazeppa, c.1820	A hitched wagon, 1821	Entrance To The Adelphi Wharf, 1821
Head of an Oriental, or Portrait Presumed to be Mustapha, 1819-1821	Horse in the storm, 1820-1821	Horses going to a fair, 1821
The Epsom Derby, 1821	The Tempest, 1821	The Bagpipe player, 1821
Coal cars, 1821-1822	Five horses seen from behind with croupes in a stable, 1820-1822	Portrait of a Kleptomaniac, 1819-1822
The Madwoman, or The Obsession of Envy, 1822	The Woman with Gambling Mania, 1819-1822	Horses of the Auvergne, 1822
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Portrait of a Man, The Vendean, 1822-1823	Study for Dead horse, 1823	The Plaster Kiln, 1822-1823
The Insane, 1822-1823	Study of a Dapple Grey, 1812-1824	The Horse Race, 1820-1824
The Horse Race, 1820-1824	A Portrait Of A Young Man	A Young Negro Woman
Alfred Dedreux as a Child	An Italian montagnard	Arabian Stallion led by two Arabians to breed
Brown Horse in the Stalls	Colin Alexander, painter	Dead Cat
Gray horse rack	Head of lioness	Heads of Torture Victims (study for The Raft of the Medusa)
Horse (Eastern)	Horse attacked by a lion	Horse frightened by lightning
Horse leaving a Stable	Horses	Lying Lions
Man on the street	Maria Serre	Marie de Medici at Pont-de-Ce
Napoleon’s Stallion, Tamerlan	Officer of the Chasseurs charging on horseback	Officer of Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard
Old Italian peasant	Paysage Classique: Matin	Portrait of Lord Byron
Portrait of young boy, probably Olivier Bro	Portrait of Mustapha	Portrait of Rifleman
Presumed Portrait of Pierre Paul Royer-Collard	Rifleman	Scene of the Deluge
Scene of Cannibalism for The Raft of the Medusa	Self-Portrait	Self-Portrait
Shipwreck	Spanish horse in a stable	Study for Bay horse seen from behind
Study for Four Lions	Study for Officer of Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard	Study for The Raft of the Medusa
Study for Horse turned right with three hens and a rooster	The Croups	The head of lion
The head of young man	The head of bulldog	The head of white horse
The Storm, or The Shipwreck	The Horse Market	Three horses in their stable
Three rumps of horses	Turkish horse in a stable	Two post-horses
Two post-horses at the stable	Young painter at his easel