Tag: seascape

Le Chenal de Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe (1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chenal de Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe (The Channel of Gravelines, Petit Fort Philippe) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73 × 92.7 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis For this tranquil harbor scene in northern France, Seurat, leader of the…

Entrée du port d’Honfleur (1899)

Signac, Paul (1863-1935) Entrée du port d’Honfleur (Entrance to the Port of Honfleur) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.6 × 50.5 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Animating this harbor scene is the glowing arc of a rainbow. Painted in 1899, years after…

Sunlight on the Coast (1890)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Sunlight on the Coast 1890 Oil on canvas, 76.8 × 123.2 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Winslow Homer skillfully conveys nature’s power with almost violent stabs and dabs of his brush representing waves crashing against rocks. Sunlight…