Tag: boat

The Bridge of Sighs (c.1903-1904)

Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) The Bridge of Sighs c.1903–1904 Watercolor on paper, 25.4 x 35.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Sargent used multiple techniques to create light and highlights in this work. The most obvious is the application of white impasto…

Le Havre, Le Port (1884)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Havre, Le Port (Le Havre, The Port) 1884 Oil on panel, 32.4 x 41.1 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York For Boudin, the sky—with its constant cloud motion and ever-changing light—proved a powerful source of inspiration throughout his…

Marée montante à Pourville (1882)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Marée montante à Pourville (Rising Tide at Pourville) 1882 Oil on canvas, 66 x 81.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Inspired in part by Gustave Courbet’s marines of the 1860s, Claude Monet here conveys the choppy, windswept sea…

Bordeaux, le port (1874)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Bordeaux, le port (Bordeaux, the Harbor) 1874 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 46.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Vue de Bordeaux 1874 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     See also: • Bordeaux (France)

Les Falaises à Étretat (1885)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les Falaises à Étretat (The Cliffs at Étretat) 1885 Oil on canvas, 65.1 x 81.3 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown See also: • Étretat (France)

Rockets and Blue Lights (1840)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water 1840 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown