was considered t͟h͟e͟ g͟r͟e͟a͟t͟e͟s͟t͟ F͟r͟e͟n͟c͟h͟ R͟o͟m͟a͟n͟t͟i͟c͟ p͟a͟i͟n͟t͟e͟r͟ o͟f͟ a͟l͟l͟. He achieved brilliant visual effects using small, adjacent strokes of contrasting colors. He was the most influential to most of Romantic painters and eventually, his technique was adapted and extended by the Impressionist artists.