Matthews Gallery

Les Saintes - Maries - de - la -Mer (Detail)  -  Vincent van Gogh 1888

Post-impressionism

“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”    ―Vincent van Gogh

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Sur la plage (On the beach)  -  Felix Vallotton  1899.

Sand, yellow umbrella, serene sea... 

Is it summer yet? 

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Henry Lee

Sea Fables Explained

1883

"These old pictures appear, no doubt, ridiculous, but they are, really, very little more absurd and untrue to nature than many of those which disfigure some otherwise useful books on Natural History of the present day." 

-Henry Lee, keepin' it real

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Winslow Homer

(Febrero de 1836 - septiembre de 1910) fue Pintor naturalista estadounidense, considerado junto con Thomas Eakins como uno de los más grandes artistas de su país en el siglo XIX.

1.“The Life Line” 

2.La corriente del Golfo (Museo de Arte Metropolitano de Nueva York)

3. Detalle de la tormenta que se avecina del cuadro anterior.

Life at sea was terrifying! Would you rather be in painting 1 or painting 2? 

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Forth and Back, George Wesley Bellows

Glorious. Reminds us of this Edgar Payne painting.

J. M. W. Turner, Snow Storm: Steamboat off a Harbour’s Mouth, exhibited 1842, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 121.9 cm, Tate Collection. Source

The story goes that Turner painted this particular stormy seascape whilst physically tied to the mast of a second ship. This is pretty unlikely, not to mention ridiculous, but the fact that the artist was able to recreate a scene as dramatic and terrifying as this is still a remarkable feat, and reminds the viewer of Turner’s natural talent.

Amazing. 

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Edouard Manet, Sketches of Marine Scenes, n.d.,Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper 

Gorgeous. 

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Born on this day (07/11/1834): James McNeill Whistler.

“The Return of the Fishing Boat”, c.1885.

Happy birthday, Whistler!

Learn about the artist's printmaking here.