1874
From the collection of Bucharest Municipality Museum
Dominant colour
Mal la mare is a 1874 by Carol Pop de Szathmári, held at Bucharest Municipality Museum.
This painting shows a simple seascape with a small, dark ship on the right side. The water is painted in soft blues and whites, while the sky is a pale, misty gray. The land in the background is barely visible, just a few dark shapes against the horizon. The brushstrokes are loose and quick, giving the scene a rough, sketchy feel. It looks like the artist worked fast, leaving some areas unfinished or slightly blurred. If you like this style, look up impasto next.
Carol Szathmari (Romanian: Carol Popp de Szathmari, Hungarian: Szathmáry Pap Károly; 11 January 1812, Kolozsvár – 3 July 1887, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter, lithographer, and photographer of Transylvanian Hungarian…
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