Tag Archives: Seascapes

1866: Mer Calme

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Courbet: Calm Sea (1866)

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1850: The Ninth Wave

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ivan Aivazovsky: The Ninth Wave (1850) The title is a reference to a traditional belief among sailors that waves grow larger and larger in a sequence up to the ninth wave—the largest—and then the sequence begins again.

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2015: Moon and Sea

Posted on July 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Dmitriev: Moon and Sea (c. 2015)

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1903: Along the Shore

Posted on June 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Along the Shore (1903)

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1969: Big Sea

Posted on June 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vija Celmins: Untitled (Big Sea #1) (1969)

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1874: Night Rushed Down from Heaven

Posted on June 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Moore: Rough Weather in the Mediterranean (1874) ὣς εἰπὼν σύναγεν νεφέλας, ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον χερσὶ τρίαιναν ἑλών: πάσας δ᾽ ὀρόθυνεν ἀέλλας παντοίων ἀνέμων, σὺν δὲ νεφέεσσι κάλυψε γαῖαν ὁμοῦ καὶ πόντον: ὀρώρει δ᾽ οὐρανόθεν νύξ. —Odyssey V, 291-294 So … Continue reading →

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1892: Ocean

Posted on May 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

 David James: Seascape, Storm Breakers (1892)

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1921: Green Lightning on the Sea

Posted on May 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Léon Spilliaert: L’éclair vert sur la mer [Green Lightning on the Sea] (1921) From a listing at Sotheby’s, although there titled L’eclair vert sur la mer—“the green eclair on the sea.”

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