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Eugène Isabey

80 works

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Painting of a stormy sea breaking on dark rocks, with a red setting sun and a small building on the cliff at left.

A Storm off the Normandy Coast

probably 1850s

Seaside scene with beached boat, figures near fish on sand, thatched cottage, and sailing vessels on calm water.

Seaside

1830

Two women embrace in a dark wood, one holding a letter, with a small dog and straw hat on the grass nearby.

The Letter

1862

Painting of fishermen and townspeople hauling boats ashore as waves break under a dark stormy sky beside a coastal village.

Approaching Storm

1864

Oil painting of a weathered wooden bridge over a shallow river under a cloudy sky, with low hills in the distance.

Le pont de bois

1825

Oil painting of a ceremony in a dim church interior with richly dressed figures, banners, and spectators on a balcony.

Une cérémonie dans l'église de Delft

1847

Painting of a busy harbor with sailing ships, a whitewashed tower, and crowds working on the quay under cloudy skies.

The Port of Dunkirk

1831

Oil painting of a ship wrecked on rocks in a stormy sea, with figures in the surf beneath a dark sky.

Shipwreck

1840

Survivors clinging to wreckage in stormy waves beside a rocky coast, with dark clouds and seagulls overhead.

Schiffbruch an einer felsigen Küste

1837

Painting of a festive interior with women in gowns, musicians, a laid dining table, red curtains, and onlookers in a grand ro

A Celebration

1874

Stormy sea with steamships and a sailing boat beside a wooden pier, figures walking under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Marine

c. 1830

Painting of a lively tavern interior with feasting figures in period dress, dogs, and a large stone hearth.

Country Tavern, Feasting

1875

Oval painted portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and a brown coat, in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait du peintre Jean-Baptiste Isabey, père de l'artiste

1840

Painting of a seated girl in a blue gilded armchair with a standing woman behind her beside red drapes in an interior.

Portrait de Madame Isabey et de sa fille

1840

Romantic seascape of a sunlit rock under stormy skies, with breaking waves and floating wreckage in the foreground.

Paysage romantique, L'épave

1840

Painting of fishing boats on a beach under a stormy sky, with waves, cliffs, a village and a windmill.

Scène de pêcheurs

Oil study of pale chalk cliffs with reddish streaks rising above a sunlit sandy beach under a blue sky.

Rochers sur la plage

Painting of a small beached boat with a pale sail on wet flats, under a cloudy sky with low hills on the horizon.

Small Boat

Painting of fishing boats hauled onto a stormy beach beside old houses, with sailing vessels battling rough waves under dark

Return of the fishermen

1862

Painting of costumed courtiers on a rocky shore under a stormy sky, with a woman pointing toward the sea and a dog.

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Painting of sailing boats with tricolour flags on rough sea, with a sailor pointing left under a hazy sky.

Marina

1840

Painting of a tall chalk cliff over a beach where fishermen work in the surf beside a beached boat under a cloudy sky.

View Along the Norman Coast

1852

Oil painting of a harbour village at low tide with thatched cottages, beached boats, children on the shore and clouds.

Havengezicht

Loose oil sketch of a harbor town under a dark stormy sky, with smokestacks, shoreline figures and boats.

Le Port de Dieppe

1842

Painting of a grand church interior with clergy at an altar and richly dressed worshippers kneeling and gathering on marble s

La Bénédiction

1873

Loose brown-toned sketch of a procession of women in white dresses moving through a crowded church interior.

Procession sortant d'une église

1850

Painting of a stormy sky over a harbor town with boats, a breakwater, and women washing laundry on a grassy slope.

View of the city and port of Dieppe

1842

Oil painting of a stormy coastal village with cottages, beached fishing boats, breaking waves and sailing ships at sea.

Seascape, Normandy, by Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey, about 1853, from the Hood Museum of Art - P.973.252

1853

Painting of a capsized ship with figures on its hull amid rough, dark waves under a stormy sky.

Shipwrecking of three-masted ship Emily 1823

1865

Painting of a Gothic church interior with a white-draped altar, robed figures, and a crowd of worshippers beside a tall colum

La Communion

Fishermen haul a wooden boat through surf onto a shore while another boat with sails sails on calm water nearby.

Fishing boat at the seaside

1860

Painting of a crowded wooden jetty with sailboats and rowboats in choppy sea under a cloudy sky.

Landing Stage on the Jetty

1860