1833
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Six Marines: Retour au port is a 1833 by Eugène Isabey, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white print shows two ships struggling in rough waves. The larger ship in the front is leaning hard, its sails half-filled with wind. The smaller ship behind it looks like it’s barely staying upright. On the shore, a crowd of people watches from the rocky beach, their tiny figures packed together. The title at the bottom, *Retour au Port*, means "Return to Port" in French. It hints these ships are fighting to get home safely after a storm. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used drama and emotion in their work.
Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (French pronunciation: ; 22 July 1803 – 25 April 1886) was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style.
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