The Gulf Stream

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oil painting painting

The Gulf Stream is an 1899 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting a solitary Black man adrift in a storm-tossed boat surrounded by sharks, often interpreted as a powerful meditation on danger, isolation, and fate.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
colorPalette	deep blues ⓘ muted earth tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Winslow Homer ⓘ
depicts	broken mast ⓘ distant ship ⓘ sail-less fishing boat ⓘ sharks ⓘ small boat ⓘ solitary Black man ⓘ storm-tossed sea ⓘ sugarcane stalks ⓘ
depictsTimeOfDay	daytime ⓘ
describedAs	meditation on danger, isolation, and fate ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
genre	marine art ⓘ realism ⓘ
hasArtHistoricalSignificance	iconic image in American art ⓘ major work of Winslow Homer’s mature period ⓘ
hasTheme	danger ⓘ fate ⓘ helplessness ⓘ isolation ⓘ mortality ⓘ nature’s power ⓘ racial anxiety ⓘ
height	71.4 cm ⓘ
inception	1899 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Gulf Stream ⓘ surface form: Gulf Stream current
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
location	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ surface form: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
locationOfDepictedScene	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
mainSubject	Black man adrift at sea ⓘ
materialUsed	canvas ⓘ oil paint ⓘ
movement	Realism ⓘ surface form: American Realism
museumAccessionNumber	10.64 ⓘ
partOf	late career of Winslow Homer ⓘ
title	The Gulf Stream self-link ⓘ
width	124.5 cm ⓘ

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