. Art in France. Museum, the pupil ofDavid or Guerin noted the expressive power of naturahsm in thehands of Caravaggio or Rubens. Gericaults vigorous painting(I 791-1824) ought to have warned the Davidians that their sereneidealism could not satisfy a generation which had grown up in thefever of the Revolution and the Empire. True, he died too youngnot to leave some doubt as to the significance of his work and the value of his innovations. But itwas obvious that he had tried togive robustness to the thin andabstract style of French painting,and tone to its anaemic constitu-tion. The vigorous e
. Art in France. Museum, the pupil ofDavid or Guerin noted the expressive power of naturahsm in thehands of Caravaggio or Rubens. Gericaults vigorous painting(I 791-1824) ought to have warned the Davidians that their sereneidealism could not satisfy a generation which had grown up in thefever of the Revolution and the Empire. True, he died too youngnot to leave some doubt as to the significance of his work and the value of his innovations. But itwas obvious that he had tried togive robustness to the thin andabstract style of French painting,and tone to its anaemic constitu-tion. The vigorous executants ofSpain and Bologna taught him tomodel fiercely or delicately, tobuild up his bodies with solidmatter, and define them withfrank outlines. He owed a gooddeal to Gros, but he did not pre-serve Gros* smooth and brilliantmanner. The innovations ofmodern naturalism often resolvethemselves into borrowings fromthe old Flemish or Dutch, Span-ish or Neapolitan schools. Geri-cault is the leader of those nine-327. FIG. 688. GERICALLT. CHASSEUR OFFICER. (The Louvre.) (Plwlo. Neurdein.) ART IN FRANCE
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