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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

Eugène Isabey, probably 1850s

Oil painting of green waves crashing over dark rocks on a pebbled shore, with a mossy cliff at left and gulls in a pale sky.

Maine Seascape

Constantin Westchiloff, 1930

Painting of fishermen hauling nets on a rocky shore beside a grotto arch, with a sailing ship and hazy evening sky.

Harbor Scene with a Grotto and Fishermen Hauling in Nets

Joseph Vernet, 1770

Painting of choppy sea waves breaking on reddish rocks, with a small white sailboat near the horizon under a grey sky.

The Sea

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of a sunlit ochre villa with green shutters and purple wisteria hanging over a wooden trellis under blue sky.

A House with Flowering Trees along the Amalfi Coast of Italy

Constantin Westchiloff, 1928

Dark sailboat on a moonlit sea beneath a heavy cloud, with a pale moon glowing in a band of sky.

Under a Cloud

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1900

Small painting of a dark ship with red flag tilting in rough teal waves under a pale sky.

A Ship in a Stormy Sea

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, 1892

Painting of the sailing ship Franklin flying the American flag among many boats in a New York harbor under cloudy sky.

The U. S. Ship Franklin, with a View of the Bay of New York

Thomas Thompson, 1820

Painting of stormy waves breaking against rocks on a coast under a dark, rain-filled sky.

Marine: The Waterspout

Gustave Courbet, 1870

Night seascape with a steamship under a full moon, moonlight reflecting on waves and small figures on a dark beach.

Ship by Moonlight

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, 1837

Night painting of a cannon on a fortress parapet beside a domed sentry box, with a crescent moon over a teal sea.

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Winslow Homer, 1901

Painting of a calm sea with a sailing boat and rowboat at right, under towering clouds, with distant sails on the horizon.

Calm Sea

Simon de Vlieger, after 1640

Painting of a calm turquoise sea under billowing clouds, with two beached boats on a sandy shore and distant sailboats.

The Calm Sea

Gustave Courbet, 1869

Watercolor of moored sailing boats and a rowing boat on a sunlit harbor with shoreline buildings under a cloudy sky.

Marine Scene (Boats near Venice)

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1903

Night seascape with moonlit waves breaking on dark rocks and a small red light on the distant horizon.

Moonlight, Wood Island Light

Winslow Homer, 1894

Painting of a stormy sea under dark clouds, with rocks on the shore and a small sailboat on the horizon.

The Sea

Gustave Courbet, 1865 or later

Painting of a sunlit rocky coast with a blue sea channel and distant islands under a pale sky.

Coast Scene, Isles of Shoals

Childe Hassam, 1901

Moonlit seascape with a rowing boat, moored sailing vessel, and snowy cliffs under a cloudy night sky with a crescent moon.

The North Cape by Moonlight

Peder Balke, 1848

Winslow Homer's Maine Coast: white surf crashes over dark rocks under a grey, overcast sky.

Maine Coast

Winslow Homer, 1896

Calm sea under a glowing orange sunset, with the sun low on the horizon and light shimmering on the water.

Sunset on the Sea

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Dark sailboat on turbulent golden sea under a glowing moon and clouds, painted in muted ochre and green tones.

The Toilers of the Sea

Albert Pinkham Ryder, ca. 1880-85

Painting of sailing boats on a calm river under a cloudy sky, with a distant town and church tower on the far bank.

Marine

Salomon van Ruysdael, 1650

Painting of a dark sea serpent coiled over a grassy sand dune beside a turquoise ocean under a pale pink sky.

Lair of the Sea Serpent

Elihu Vedder, 1899

Beachgoers under yellow, white and red parasols on sand, with blue sea and sailboats and a cloudy sky beyond.

At the Seaside

William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892

Calm sea with small sailboats, a rowboat with one figure, and a wooded islet under a heavy cloudy sky.

Passing off of the Storm

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of large waves crashing over dark rocks under a grey stormy sky, with white spray and teal water.

Northeaster

Winslow Homer, 1895; reworked by 1901

Calm harbor at sunset with sailboats, a rowboat on a pebble beach, rocky shore and a tall ship in the distance.

Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor

Fitz Henry Lane, 1862

Turner's misty seascape of a sailing ship amid rough waves, with a dark whale and small boats in the foreground.

Whalers

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ca. 1845

Painting of a busy harbor with sailing ships, rowboats, a crowded quay, townhouses and a cloudy sky at sunset.

The Outer Harbor of Brest

Henri Joseph van Blarenberghe, 1773

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a leopard-print cloth in grass by the sea, with a tree and cloudy sky behind her.

Bacchante by the Sea

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865