Canvas of politics: Expression and activism in art by Evan Randle

Canvas of politics: Expression and activism in art by Evan Randle

In the wake of the overthrow of Charles X, Eugène Delacroix gave life to his now-famous painting, “Liberty Leading the People,” to celebrate what he hoped was a new era of French freedom. A decade later, J.M.W. Turner’s “The Slave Ship” exposed the opposite — a lack...