My favorite artist... Gericault

Hi everyone!!! I´m going to talk about my favorite artist, Theodore Geriacult, he was born in 26 september in 1791 in Ruan, France. He was an amazing painter (in my opinion) and a visionary for his time.
The last year was a first time I looked gericault´s paint in a class of art history. the paint called "Le Radeau de la Méduse" in english means The Raft of the Medusa, based in a true story.



In 1816, the frigate Medusa wrecked off the coast of Mauritania, 147 people survived and they made a balse,. during 13 days they lived there suffering hunger, thirst, cannibalism, all in an madness atmosphere. After two weeks only 15 people were rescued.
This maritime accident was well known in his time, so that Mr. Geriacautl started working on it. To do this painting, he conducted many investigations and interviews with people who were in the raft because I wanted a very realistic and accurate painting, showing everyday people in everyday situations. The Raft of the Medusa does not tell us about the great stories of kings and wars between countries, this paint tell of a story where the main characters are not famous, are everyday people in a horrible episode .
Is for it I like this painting because introduced to common persons and achieves a good and dramatic painting (and very large) of an events that thanks to gericault and your impressive ability  we can see in the present time.