Coastal Classics
Loss of the 'Magnificent', 25 March 1804
John Christian Schetky
A dramatic maritime scene capturing the heroic rescue efforts during the wreck of the HMS Magnificent in 1804.
Dramatic Bold
High-presence works with contrast, confidence, and stronger visual punch.
Stronger contrast, deeper color, and confident composition give these works their statement-making energy.
Figure Studies
The Bad Sower
Gustave Van de Woestijne
A striking Symbolist work featuring a solitary sower silhouetted against a luminous gold ground.
Coastal Classics
A Rough Sea
Fitz Henry Lane
A dramatic 19th-century marine scene capturing the raw power of the ocean under a glowing, atmospheric sky.
Moody Landscapes
The Goose Keeper
Giuseppe De Nittis
An atmospheric late 19th-century landscape capturing a quiet moment of rural life under a dramatic sky.
Moody Landscapes
Landscape
George Inness
This evocative Tonalist landscape by George Inness captures a fleeting moment of atmospheric tension between light and an approaching storm.
Moody Landscapes
The Dying Monarch, Funtensee
Hubert von Herkomer
An atmospheric 19th-century oil study of a weathered tree in a rugged alpine landscape.