Famous Seascape Paintings (page 2)

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The Old Road to the Sea, William Merritt Chase, c. 1893, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase The Old Road to the Sea, c. 1893 Cleveland Museum of Art

Marine, William Merritt Chase, c. 1888, oil on wood

William Merritt Chase Marine, c. 1888 Cleveland Museum of Art

Arion on a Sea Horse, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1855, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse, 1855 Cleveland Museum of Art

Passing off of the Storm, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Passing off of the Storm, 1872 The Met

The Sea, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett The Sea, 1872 The Met

Sunset, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Sunset, 1872 The Met

Sunset on the Sea, John Frederick Kensett, 1872, oil on canvas

John Frederick Kensett Sunset on the Sea, 1872 The Met

Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis, Eugène Boudin, 1892, oil on canvas

Eugène Boudin Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis, 1892 The Met

Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples, Charles-François Daubigny, 1871, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples, 1871 The Met

We look across a profusion of vivid red, blush-pink, and white flowers lining a stony shoreline in this almost square landscape painting.

Childe Hassam Poppies, Isles of Shoals, 1891 National Gallery of Art

Tall, billowing, lavender-purple and shell-pink clouds line the distant horizon over a vast plain of flat grassy land in this horizontal landscape painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes, c. 1871/1875 National Gallery of Art

Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, Fitz Henry Lane, c. 1864, oil on canvas

Fitz Henry Lane Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester, c. 1864 National Gallery of Art

A large, dark sailing ship to our left is stranded near the shore, angled dramatically away from us, in choppy waves under a periwinkle-blue sky streaked with gray and copper-colored clouds in this horizontal painting.

Asher Brown Durand The Stranded Ship, 1844 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a bay that curves away from us into the distance and to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. C-shaped, shallow waves lap at the sandy beach from our right.

Worthington Whittredge Second Beach, Newport, c. 1878/1880 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a coastal scene overlooking a quiet shore. At the bottom of the painting, an open sandy expanse leads to blue waters.

Odilon Redon Village by the Sea in Brittany, c. 1880 National Gallery of Art

A rocky shoreline juts into a vivid, aquamarine-blue body of water in this loosely painted, nearly square landscape.

Childe Hassam A North East Headland, 1901 National Gallery of Art

We look across a channel of choppy water at three masted ships, a sailboat, at least one steamer, and three rowboats in this horizontal seascape painting.

Eugène Boudin Le Havre, 1883 National Gallery of Art

Water laps at a curving shoreline in front of a steep sandy dune carpeted in grass, shrubs, and trees in this horizontal landscape painting. The dune takes up the lower right quadrant of the composition.

Jacob van Ruisdael Dunes by the Sea, 1648 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a young woman lying on her stomach on a brown, rocky surface near the water's edge, looking towards the sea.

Jules Breton The Cliff (La Falaise), 1874 National Gallery of Art

The image features a seascape scene with a beach, ocean, and sailboats. The horizon is high in the image, separating the sea from the sky, where sailboats are present.

Eugène Boudin Low Tide at Scheveningen, 1875 National Gallery of Art

A two-masted ship with sails furled has been pulled onto a beach as dozens of people bustle on and around it in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted and many details are indistinct throughout.

Eugène Boudin Return of the Terre-Neuvier, 1875 National Gallery of Art

Across a short stretch of sand in front of us, waves of bottle-green water break over two boulders on the shoreline, with sailboats in the water beyond, in this wide, horizontal painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

Roiling, churning waves breaking against a patch of a sandy beach fill most of this wide, horizontal landscape painting. The water deepens from aquamarine blue to teal, slate, and midnight blue amid clouds of ivory-white crests and spray.

Thomas Moran The Much Resounding Sea, 1884 National Gallery of Art

A pink-toned sandy beach meets a placid body of pale blue water under a hazy sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Frederick Kensett Beach at Beverly, c. 1869/1872 National Gallery of Art

Near the center of the painting, a masted wooden ship floats against a vibrant sunset that fades from lilac purple to carnation pink along the horizon line, which comes about a quarter of the way up this horizontal landscape.

Fitz Henry Lane Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay, 1863 National Gallery of Art

This is a painting depicting several ships on a stretch of water. The horizon is situated in the lower third of the painting, creating a vast expanse of sky above.

Eugène Boudin Ships and Sailing Boats Leaving Le Havre, 1887 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a seascape. The horizon is visible in the bottom third of the composition, with several ships floating on the water, including a large sailing ship to the left of center.

Eugène Boudin Coast of Brittany, 1870 National Gallery of Art

The painting features a sandy shore and a calm sea with sailing boats in the distance. At the bottom of the painting, people sit on the sand by the water.

Eugène Boudin Washerwoman near Trouville, c. 1872/1876 National Gallery of Art

Two ships and two sailboats, all with full sails, float on a gently rippling body of water in front of a pale pastel-shaded sky in this horizontal painting.

Fitz Henry Lane Becalmed off Halfway Rock, 1860 National Gallery of Art

Sheer, vertical, cliffs, brightly lit in cream white and rust orange by the low sun, tower over a band of people riding horses into the distance in this long, horizontal landscape painting.

Thomas Moran Green River Cliffs, Wyoming, 1881 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seascape with large sailing ships and smaller vessels. To the right of center is a large ship with several tall masts and many billowing white sails.

Fitz Henry Lane New York Harbor, 1852 National Gallery of Art

River Boat, Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1860, oil on board

Charles-François Daubigny River Boat, c. 1860 Art Institute of Chicago

Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair), William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1855, oil on fabric

William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair), 1855 Cleveland Museum of Art

Ruin by the Sea, Arnold Böcklin, 1881, oil on fabric

Arnold Böcklin Ruin by the Sea, 1881 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows a harbor with sailing ships displaying countless colorful flags. The ships stretch across the painting horizontally, floating on clear, reflective water.

Eugène Boudin Yacht Basin at Trouville-Deauville, probably 1895/1896 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man in a yellow jacket standing on a small brown rowboat on a wide, pale green river. Behind him is a large mint-green sailboat, its tall mast bare, the sails folded on the deck.

Childe Hassam Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob, 1902 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a scene overlooking a calm body of water. A large sailing ship with two tall masts and a dark hull is anchored on the water, its sails tied up. On the left, there are two people in a small, dark rowboat.

Eugène Boudin Ship on the Touques, c. 1888/1895 National Gallery of Art

We are eye-level on a beach with half a dozen ships in view, sitting on the ground against a gray sky in this vertical landscape oil painting created with broad, unblended strokes.

Eugène Boudin Low Tide, Sailboats Run Aground, 1885-1890 National Gallery of Art

We look out across a band of broad, craggy boulders at an ocean bay dotted with boats in this horizontal landscape painting. The tops of the flat boulders are caramel brown in the sunlight and darker, rust-brown shadows down the sides.

William Stanley Haseltine Narragansett Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a rocky coastline dotted with color. The horizon is high in the scene, and a strip of pale-yellow sky is visible at the very top of the painting.

Henry Golden Dearth Flecks of Foam, c. 1911/1912 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a coastal landscape from an elevated point of view. A structure resembling a thatched-roof cottage is on the right, partially obscured by the rolling green hills that take up the bottom right area of the painting.

Henri Moret The Island of Raguenez, Brittany, 1890/1895 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a coastal scene. A rocky shore in warm tones of orange, brown, red, and purple is closest to us, with two boats and a simple structure visible near the center of the painting.

Henri-Edmond Cross Calanque des Antibois, 1891/1892 National Gallery of Art

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