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Seascapes

Calm seas, beaches, harbours and boats in clear light, from Dutch painters to the Impressionists, chosen to bring the coast quietly into a family room.

Seascapes: the collection's first works, side by side
The collection's first works, side by side. On a screen each work shows whole, with its placard.

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Works from Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art · public domain (CC0)

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The 24 works

In the order the collection plays them, each with what it shows. Every title links to the work's page at its museum.

  • Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance (opens in a new tab) · Fitz Henry Lane (American, 1804–1865) · c. 1846–1847 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Tall sailing ships rest on a glassy harbour at sunrise, with a rowing boat in front and the city faint in a peach-coloured haze.
  • The Departure of the Boats, Étretat (opens in a new tab) · Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · 1885 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Fishing boats with red-brown sails head out over a turquoise sea while people gather on a beach among dark thatched boat sheds.
  • Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme) (opens in a new tab) · Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) · 1864 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Dark sailing boats and a small steamer trailing smoke cross a calm turquoise sea under a pale sky.
  • The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (opens in a new tab) · Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) · 1867 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A pebble beach curves toward a distant town, with blue and brown rowing boats, a few fishermen and sailing boats on a pale green sea.
  • View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons (opens in a new tab) · Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898) · 1874 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Tall-masted ships and barges lie along a quay on still water that reflects them, under a light, cloudy sky.
  • Fishing Boats in a Calm (opens in a new tab) · Jan van de Cappelle (Dutch, 1626–1679) · 1651 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Fishing boats wait on a flat, silvery sea under a big grey cloudy sky, with men wading near a wooden jetty on the left.
  • Entrance to the Port of Honfleur (opens in a new tab) · Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891) · 1863–64 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A three-masted ship flying a French flag sails into a harbour past a line of white houses and green hills under a bright, cloudy sky.
  • Marine (opens in a new tab) · William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) · c. 1888 · oil on wood · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A wide, quiet grey sea with low sand bars and a single small sail on the horizon, painted in soft, pale strokes.
  • Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silver Sea) (opens in a new tab) · James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) · 1865 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Four small white sailing boats drift on a still, grey-green sea that meets a pale sky in a soft horizon.
  • The Gulf of Salerno (opens in a new tab) · Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797) · 1783–85 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Golden cliffs and rocky islets rise from a calm, hazy sea at sunset, with a small sailing boat near the shore.
  • Beach Scene (opens in a new tab) · Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898) · c. 1865–1867 · oil on wood panel · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Ladies with parasols in full skirts, children, a donkey and a dog gather on a beach under a broad grey-blue sky.
  • Prout's Neck, Evening (opens in a new tab) · Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910) · c. 1894 · Watercolor, with rewetting and blotting, over traces of graphite, on thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper (top edge trimmed) · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A watercolour of a calm blue-grey sea meeting a band of white light below grey clouds, with dark rocks in the lower left.
  • Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River) (opens in a new tab) · Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) · 1869 · Pastel on light brown wove paper · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A broad sandy beach at low tide with pools of blue water, a beached sailing boat and tiny walkers under a clear blue sky.
  • Port Scene in Calm Weather (opens in a new tab) · Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808) · 1782 · Pastel on gessoed canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Fishermen unload a boat on a rocky shore beside a ruined round tower, with tall ships in a misty harbour behind.
  • Gray Day on the Bay (opens in a new tab) · William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916) · c. 1886 · oil on wood · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A calm, pale bay with small boats moored in rows and a long low waterfront of masts and buildings across the water.
  • The Boatyard (opens in a new tab) · Jean-Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901) · c. 1875 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Wooden boats lie on a sandy boatyard among planks and scaffolding, with a sailing ship on the water beyond.
  • In the Surf (recto) (opens in a new tab) · Edward H. Potthast (American, 1857–1927) · c. 1910 · oil on panel · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Children and women in bathing dresses splash in green, white-capped surf while a girl in a red cap sits on the sand.
  • Capri (opens in a new tab) · Jean Achille Benouville (French, 1815–1891) · c. 1845 · oil on fabric · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Steep reddish cliffs drop into a calm grey-blue bay, seen from a stone terrace with a few trees and white houses.
  • On the Beach, No. 3 (opens in a new tab) · Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924) · c. 1915–18 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Groups of people in colourful dresses picnic and stroll under leafy trees beside a pale blue bay with sailing boats.
  • Morning (opens in a new tab) · Claude Joseph Vernet (French, 1714–1789) · 1760 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Fishermen cast lines from rocks in a hazy morning harbour, with a round stone tower on the left and a tall ship in the soft light.
  • The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice (opens in a new tab) · Michele Marieschi (Italian, 1710–1743) · 1740–41 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0The white domed church of Santa Maria della Salute stands across a sunny Venetian canal busy with gondolas and strolling figures.
  • The Entrance to the Harbor of Marseilles (opens in a new tab) · William Callow (English, 1812-1908) · c. 1838 · Watercolor with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, and scraping, on off-white wove paper · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A watercolour of a harbour entrance guarded by a pale stone lighthouse and fort, with ships at anchor and a small boat crossing in front.
  • Violet and Silver—The Deep Sea (opens in a new tab) · James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) · 1893 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A deep blue sea under a violet-blue sky full of small white clouds, with a few white wave crests.
  • Beach Scene at Sunset (opens in a new tab) · James Hamilton (American, 1819–1878) · c. 1865–1870 · watercolor and gouache · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A golden sunset glows in bands of orange and grey over a wide wet beach, with a few small figures and distant ships.

Credits and review status

Every work is in the public domain under its museum's own CC0 release, resized for screens by Denframe. Each work's title, creator and museum also travel inside the file and show on its placard.

Publication approval: recorded.