Genre
Seascape
The sea is the one subject that cannot be posed. Marine painters worked from the most unstable thing in nature; the genre swings between the glassy calm that flatters a navy and the running storm where the only story is whether the ship survives.
Key artists
Works
On the Jetty
A General and His Aide-de-camp
The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella"
Boats on a Beach, Etretat
Law of the Wild
Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob
On the Beach at Trouville
Lobster Fishermen
Crowd at the Seashore
Riders on the Beach at Dieppe
Night Scene on the Volga
Figures on the Beach
A Beach with Fishing Boats
Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable
Fishing Boats on a River
Beach at Beverly
Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882
Haverstraw Bay
Tragedy of the Sea
The Island of San Michele, Venice
The Port de Bougie, Algiers, in Sunlight
Ship in New York Harbor
The Bay of Naples
Marina Piccola, Capri
The Trial of Joan of Arc (Joan of Arc series: VI)
Seashore with Fishermen
The Lighthouse at Honfleur
The Trawlers
To the Memory of the Benevolent Howard
The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet
A Peasant Woman Picking Fleas off a Dog
On the Thames
Excursionists, Nahant
The North Cape by Moonlight
Cabin of the Customs Watch
Boats on the Seacoast at Étaples
View of Ischia from the Sea
Country House near the Water
View of a Harbor
View of The Old Port, Saint-Tropez
Lair of the Sea Serpent
Lake of Lecco (from Switzerland 1869 Sketchbook)
A Storm off the Normandy Coast
Gray Day on the Bay
The Boatyard
Seascape
Der læsses tang ved Hornbæk Strand
The British Fleet Forming a Line off Algiers
Skagen Beach in Moonlight
Le Port de Cannes
Honfleur
Untitled
Kynance
Washerwoman near Trouville
A Light on the Sea
Le Havre
East Hampton Beach, Long Island
Beach at Trouville
Ice Scene near a Wooden Observation Tower
The Beach
After the Storm
Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town
Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf
On the Bay of Naples
Calanque des Antibois
On the Beach, Trouville
Capriccio of a Harbor
Women on the Beach at Berck
Beach Scene at Trouville
Poppies, Isles of Shoals
The Black Rocks at Trouville
Gezicht op Blankenberghe
Acantilados (Guéthary)
Landing and combat
Entrance to the Port of Honfleur
The Rape of Helen by Juan de la Corte
River Scenery
Capri
View of the Port of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme
The creatures of the sea are asked by the king of the Ocean to take a message to the Brahman, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Harbor Scene
The Cliff at Étretat
A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight
Holiday on the Hudson
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite
Night Scene on the Sumida River
Miyako-gai|元禄歌仙貝合|Miyako Shell
Storm at sea
Sketchbook: Souvenir of Naples
Taking Up Net
Three Views of the Pearl River: Canton, Macao, Whampoa
Cliffs at Ouessant, Brittany
Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville
A harbour scene
Primer desembarco de Cristóbal Colón en América
Combate naval entre españoles y turcos
Bay of Naples
View from a Habour in Paris
The Church of Overschie
Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont
New York Harbor
En vue
The Embarkation
Naumaquia romana
Vrouwen aan zee
Gezicht op Napels
The Rower
Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight
The Last of England
Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset
Yarmouth Jetty
Havengezicht
Study of Clouds over the Sound
Fishermen by the Sea on a Summer's Evening
The White Boat
Boats on the Beach at Étretat
Greek Pirates Attacking a Turkish Vessel
Smith's Point, Beverly, Massachusetts
Antibes, Afternoon Effect
Boston Harbor
Buddha in the Preaching Attitude
Breton Women in Mourning
Kustlandschap bij storm
The mole
La promenade
Puerto de Laredo
La rada de Alicante
Un muelle
San Diego saves the boy asleep in the oven
The Port of Amsterdam in Winter
Snow-covered Banks of Lake Trasimeno
Beach with Fishermen
Venecia
Küstenlandschaft mit Saumtieren
The Downpour. Santoña Bay
Port Scene with the Villa Medici
The departure of King Charles II of England from Scheveningen, 2 June 1660
Bluff-bowed Fishing Boat on the Beach
Landingsplaats
Woelige zee
Kustlandschap
Gezicht op het Nederlandse kasteel van Elmina aan de Goudkust
Scheldemonding
Italian harbor with a fortified tower
Four Putti with Grapes
North Battery or "Red Fort"
Abstract-futuristische compositie
Woelige zee
Map met opdracht en negen bladen met handtekeningen opgedragen aan Maria Vos
Lone Bay
Havengezicht
Fresh Wind. Volga
Gray Day on the Lagoon
Memory
The Clown
Fra Begtrupvigen ved (Hels) Mols
Southern Harbour among Rocks
Embarkation of Troops on a Dutch River
A Seaport
Midnatsstemning ved den grønlandske kyst
The Gulf of Naples with Vesuvius in the Background
Sounthern Seaport with Numerous Figures on the Shore
Southern Harbour
Manhood. From the series: The Four Ages of Man
Mountainous Coast with Fishing Boats and Fishermen on the Beach
The Monks' Prayer by the Sea
Ships in the Roads of Copenhagen. A Barge being Towed out
Mountainous Coast with Fishing Boats and Fishermen on the Beach
Geese on the Island of Saltholm
An Italian Seaport with Antique Ruins
En samling tyrkiske mænd
Storm in the Skerries. "The Flying Dutchman"
Picture from Lofoten
Hunting Party by a Southern Harbour
Havn i en lille købstad
Heavy Swells at the West Coast of Jutland
Harbour Scene
Southern Seaport with Numerous Figures on the Shore
Sunlight over the Sea
Shower
Ved høje bjerge ligger en italiensk søhavn med galejer og felukker
Moonlight
Flodlandskab med pram og både
Seascape. Sky at Sunset
Parti af Jyllands østkyst. Stille sommerdag
Ships in the Sound
The Skirmish at Vorbasse February the 29th, 1864
Sounthern Seaport with Numerous Figures on the Shore
Prins Buris, Liden Kirsten, Skøn Hulfrid og Stolt Ingefrid fanget af Ulf Svartskæg
Landskab ved en bugt. Parti fra "Alexandria" ved Vedbæk
Ships in a Breeze Off the Dutch Coast
Klippekyst
Ships off a Rocky Coast
Bondehuse
The Mountain
Seascape
Kystlandskab. Hornbæk
Frue Kirkes brand
The Naval Dockyards at Christianshavn
Frequently asked questions
What is Seascape?
Seascape is a setting in painting. The sea is the one subject that cannot be posed.
How many Seascape works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 2,792 public-domain Seascape works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Seascape artists?
Key Seascape artists in the collection include Thomas Eakins, Gustave Courbet and Claude Monet.