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Painting of beached rowboats and a sailboat on a sandy shore, with a wooden pier, red shed and calm sea under a pale sky.

Beach Scene

William Glackens, 1925

Painting of a lone three-masted ship in rough dark seas under a stormy grey sky with seabirds above the waves.

The Sea

Edward Moran, 1870

Painting of a steep dark rocky cliff with waves crashing below and two small figures on the clifftop under a grey sky.

High Cliff, Coast of Maine

Winslow Homer, 1894

Painting of large waves crashing with white foam against dark brown rocks under a pale overcast sky.

Heavy Sea

Paul Dougherty, 1918

Painting of a sailing ship and rowboat on choppy water at a harbor entrance under a grey, cloudy sky.

Entrance to the Harbor

Henry Ward Ranger, 1890

Painting of a stormy sea, a sailboat, a hilltop stone tower and snowy mountains under cumulus clouds.

The Coast of Genoa

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1854

Painting of two sailing boats on a calm sea at sunset, with a lighthouse and distant boats on the horizon under a pink sky.

Afternoon on Saco Bay, Coast of Maine

Willem Frederik de Haas, 1874

Oil painting of a white-sailed schooner in a harbor with rowboats, a lighthouse, and grey overcast sky.

Harbor Scene

Robert Salmon, 1840

Abstract watercolor of dark blue and green waves breaking into white foam above a tan sandy shore.

The Sea, Maine

John Marin, 1921

Loose impressionist painting of a wild coastal landscape with dunes, scrub and a pale stretch of water under a pink and grey

Wild Coast, Newport

Homer Dodge Martin, 1880

Painting of a rocky coastline with layered ledges, surf breaking on the rocks, and blue sea under a pale sky.

Rockbound Coast, Cape Ann

Cullen Yates, 1900

Painting of a choppy harbor with a sailboat, a small island, and a distant city skyline under a grey sky.

Untitled (Harbor Scene)

James Hamilton, 1800

Painting of two sailboats and rowboats on a rippling sea under a rosy sunset sky, with a distant lighthouse.

Afternoon on Saco Bay, Coast of Maine

William Frederick De Haas, 1870

Oil painting of a sailing ship and schooners near icebergs in calm water under a warm, cloudy sky.

Looking out of Battle Harbor

William Bradford, 1870

Painting of a brown-sailed boat on dark water at sunset, with distant ships and a glowing orange sky.

Boston Harbor

Charles Manger, 1860

Painting of the steam tug May McWilliams under smoke and flags, moving through choppy green sea under a cloudy sky.

The Ocean-Going Tug "May McWilliams"

Antonio Jacobsen, 1890

Painting of a grassy coastal plain with rocks and trees sloping toward a blue ocean under a cloudy sky.

Near the Ocean

Robert Swain Gifford, 1870

Small painting of a sailboat on calm water under a glowing orange and gold sunset sky above a rocky shore.

Boat on Sea

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of white surf breaking over dark rocks along a rugged coastline under a pale lavender sky.

Clearing after September Gale--Maine Coast

Howard Russell Butler, 1920

Painting of heavy ocean waves crashing with white foam over dark rocks under a pale overcast sky.

Heavy Sea

Paul Dougherty, 1910

Painting of two boats pulled up on a sandy beach beside a red shed, pier and calm sea under a pale sky.

Beach Scene

William Glackens, 1920

Painting of dark rocky cliffs with breaking white waves under a stormy sky, with sailboats on the distant horizon.

Ocean Cliffs

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a sunlit dry coastline with a deep blue sea, a rocky headland, scrubby bushes, and a small white building.

Shore with Blue Sea

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of a dark hillside with trees beside a coast, under a glowing ochre and brown sunset sky.

Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California Coast

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1870

Painting of a full moon over a moonlit harbor with boat masts, a pale wharf building, and wooden pilings reflected in the wat

Untitled (moon over a harbor, wharf scene with full moon and masts of boats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a stormy Mediterranean-style harbor with a white-sailed boat, a tall tower, and snowy mountains under clouds.

The Coast of Genoa

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1850

Hazy seascape of sailing boats and a rowboat with figures on calm water under a glowing sun.

Marine Study

Franklin D. Briscoe, 1900

Oil painting of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail on rough sea at golden sunset, with a steamship in the distance.

Sailing Ship--off Coast of Maine

William E. Norton, 1870

Hazy purple-toned painting of snowy mountain peaks rising above a calm lake and green forested shoreline.

Alaskan Coast Range

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Hazy coastal scene with a village on the left, dark rocks in the foreground, and a glowing ochre cloudy sky, by Frank Edwin S

Marine

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920