Who painted ‘The Raft of The Medusa’?
The Raft of the Medusa beyond France. Francis Danby, a British painter born in Ireland, probably was inspired by Géricault's picture when he painted "Sunset at Sea after a Storm" in 1824, and wrote in 1829 that "The Raft of the Medusa" was "the finest and grandest historical picture I have ever seen". "The Gulf Stream" (1899), by the American artist Winslow Homer (1836–1910), replicates the composition of "The Raft of the Medusa" with a damaged vessel, ominously surrounded by sharks and threatened by a waterspout. Like Géricault, Homer makes a black man the pivotal figure in the scene, though here he is the vessel's
The Raft of the Medusa others had been killed or thrown overboard by their comrades, died of starvation, or thrown themselves into the sea in despair. The incident became a huge public embarrassment for the French monarchy, only recently restored to power after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. "The Raft of the Medusa" portrays the moment when, after 13 days adrift on the raft, the remaining 15 survivors view a ship approaching from a distance. According to an early British reviewer, the work is set at a moment when "the ruin of the raft may be said to be complete". The painting is on a monumental