Romantic Art

He is considered the first modern artist.

• Theodore Gericault

• Eugene Delacroix

• Francisco Goya

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

He believed that it is color that was the most important element of a painting.

• Theodore Gericault

• Eugene Delacroix

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

He led the romantic movement after the death of his friend, Gericault.

• Theodore Gericault

• Eugene Delacroix

• Francisco Goya

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

He uses military themes in his work.

• Theodore Gericault

• Eugene Delacroix

• Francisco Goya

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

He often uses his art to express his thoughts on the government, social injustice, his frustrations, physical and mental despair.

• Theodore Gericault

• Eugene Delacroix

• Francisco Goya

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

It is a series of prints that is a commentary on the political excesses and social repression at the time.

• Los Caprichos

• Black Paintings

• Publicos

He was known as a famous landscape artist during the Romantic Period.

• Théodore Rousseau

• François Rude

• Antoine-Louis Barye

He was the most famous animal sculptor of all time.

• Théodore Rousseau

• François Rude

• Antoine-Louis Barye

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

He was best known for his social art.

• Théodore Rousseau

• François Rude

• Antoine-Louis Barye

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

He was the name behind Britain’s foremost Gothic Revival monument

• Charles Barry

• François Rude

• James Renwick

• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot