American landscape. Land and its inhabitants
Nature, territorial expansion, the Civil War and urban life in American painting.
Seascape paintings
Explore seascapes with zoom and painting stories. Compare waves, coastlines and ships in works from different periods.
Paintings in this selection
12 artworks. Open a painting to read its story and explore its details.
Joseph Mallord William TurnerWhalers
ca. 1845
Joseph Mallord William TurnerThe Fighting Temeraire
1839
Ogata KōrinRough Waves
ca. 1704–9
Martin Johnson HeadeApproaching Thunder Storm
1859
Winslow HomerThe Gulf Stream
1899; reworked by 1906
Winslow HomerNortheaster
1895; reworked by 1901
Albert Pinkham RyderThe Toilers of the Sea
ca. 1880–85
Winslow HomerBreezing Up (A Fair Wind)
1873-1876
Georges SeuratSeascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy
1888
Claude MonetImpression, Sunrise
1872
Ivan AivazovskyThe Ninth Wave
1850
Ivan AivazovskyThe Black Sea
1881Compare the horizon, the movement of water and the distance to a ship. Zooming reveals transitions of colour and individual brushstrokes. Each work’s history explains the location and subject where that information is documented.
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How to explore the paintings
On an artwork page, choose “Explore the painting”. Zoom in, move around the image and hide the text to see the details. Turn on the audio guide to hear the story, or use autoplay to move between passages.
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