Artists and Models — Season 1, Episode 3: Men and Wild Horses
Documentary, Drama • 82 min • 1 season, 3 episodes
Episode synopsis
By the middle of the 19th century, Ingres is the grand old man of French painting. His arch-rival Delacroix is still the guiding light of the Romantics. But there is one genius, a contemporary of both men, who has been utterly forgotten. Writer Charles Clément sets out to investigate the mysterious and tragic figure of Théodore Géricault.
About Artists and Models
Three drama-documentary films set in a Paris art studio during a century of scandal and revolution, exploring the lives of French artists Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste Ingres, and Théodore Géricault.