7 letters found

1. 272 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 15 October 1882.

   in translation:

   It reminds me a little of Géricault, namely the Raft of the Medusa, and yet at the same time of Munk...

   in note 9:

   Théodore Géricault, The raft of the Medusa, 1819 (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Ill. 870. There were va...

2. 280 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 5 November 1882.

   in translation:

   ...a few), or still further, Ingres, Delacroix, Géricault, think how old it already is, modern art. Add...

3. 496 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 28 April 1885.

   in note 8:

   ...riani, in which Véron contrasted Jacque and Géricault: ‘In painting, [Jacque] is a resolute colou...

4. 526 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, between about Saturday, 8 and about Saturday, 15 August 1885.

   in translation:

   ...of life and movement. That, he says, is what Géricault and Gros learnt from the Greeks, to express t...

   in note 9:

   ...x may have based his anecdote about Gros and Géricault on Silvestre, where the wording occurs again ...

5. 555 To Theo van Gogh, Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 28 January 1886.

   in translation:

   Géricault took that from Gros, who took it from the Greeks, but Géricault himself wished to take it...

   ...k interior modelling, are flat compared with Géricault and Delacroix, and who don’t go beyond the ...

   In which latter, Géricault &c., the figures have backs, even when one sees them from the front, air ...

6. 557 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Tuesday, 2 February 1886.

   in translation:

   And it’s very strange indeed that Géricault and Delacroix both knew them more intimately than Davi...

7. 686 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 23 or Monday, 24 September 1888.

   in translation:

   ... and the Daumiers and the Delacroixs and the Géricault. If you come across the Delacroix Pietà, or ...

   in note 4:

   The (print after) Théodore Géricault is probably The raft of the Medusa. Cf. letter 272, n. 9.

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