A Storm off the Normandy Coast

Eugène Isabey

probably 1850s · Oil on paper, laid down on canvas · European Paintings

Isabey, the foremost seascape painter of his generation, sketched in Normandy throughout the 1850s. This dramatic scene, composed as if witnessed from the edge of the surf, was probably painted in his studio based on memory. It evokes the Romantic milieu of the artist's formative years, when he was influenced by Gericault, Delacroix, and Bonington.

Artist

Eugène Isabey

Date

probably 1850s

Medium

Oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of The Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation, 2007