Wave in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir, Alfred Sisley

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir, 1897.

Le Canal de Bristol depuis Pernath, soir (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Allen Memorial Art Museum, United States

The Channel Squadron, 1898, Edoardo De Martino

The Channel Squadron, 1898, 1898.

The Channel Squadron, 1898 (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), oil on canvas

Royal Museums Greenwich, United Kingdom

Storm at Wellington Heads, Petrus van der Velden

Storm at Wellington Heads, c. 1908.

Storm at Wellington Heads (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), oil on canvas

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle, Leonardo da Vinci

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle, c. 1516.

Allegory with a Wolf and an Eagle (museum title)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Atlantic Ocean, 1889.

Océano Atlántico (museum title)

José María Velasco (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Alpha's despair, 1908–1909.

Alfas fortvivlelse (museum title)

Edvard Munch (Norwegian), lithograph

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Atlantic Liner, 1903.

Atlanterhavsdamperen (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), colour etching on paper, hand-coloured

National Museum of Norway

La Argentina, 1905.

La Argentina (museum title)

Martín Malharro (Argentinian), graphite and ink on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Stony Shore (final state), 1889.

Stenet Strandbred (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Rescue, 1870.

Le sauvetage (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

Masculine wave, 1845.

Masculine wave (museum title)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese)

Hokusai Museum, Japan

Marines, les lamaneurs, 1923.

Marines, les lamaneurs (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

Matsuoka Museum of Art, Japan

The Little Sea Maid, 1915.

The Little Sea Maid (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), graphite, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

View from Bjelkeviken, 1920–1925.

View from Bjelkeviken (museum title)

Christian Krohg (Norwegian), oil on cardboard

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Raft of the Medusa, Victor Meirelles

The Raft of the Medusa, c. 1857–1858.

Le Radeau de la Meduse (A jangada da Medusa) (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on paper laid on cardboard

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi, c. 1885.

Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi (museum title)

Edward Lear (British), pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

Flight of Eiders by a Rock, Bruno Liljefors

Flight of Eiders by a Rock, 1928.

Vlucht eidereenden bij klip (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

The Sea, 1897.

Morze (museum title)

Aleksander Gierymski (Polish), oil on canvas

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Waves Breaking on the Shore, Elin Danielson-Gambogi

Waves Breaking on the Shore, c. 1898–1906.

Rantatyrskyjä (museum title)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish)

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Paris: Le Place Dauphine, 1928.

Paris: Le Place Dauphine (museum title)

Paul Signac (French), watercolor and black crayon

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing S. E. by S., Masensluys E. by S., J. M. W. Turner

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces; Brill Church bearing S. E. by S., Masensluys E. by S., 1819.

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to… (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

The Wreck Buoy, 1849.

The Wreck Buoy (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), oil on canvas

Sudley House, United Kingdom

The Blue Grotto, 1898.

Gruta azul (museum title)

João Batista da Costa (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

Pilot, 1919.

Lots (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Scene of a beach and reefs, Eugène Boudin

Scene of a beach and reefs, 1898.

Scene of a beach and reefs (museum title)

Eugène Boudin (French), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Le Soir, Alfred Sisley

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Le Soir, 1897.

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Le Soir (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

National Museum Wales, United Kingdom

Sketch for an illustration for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, Albert Edelfelt

Sketch for an illustration for Selma Lagerlöf's novel Herr Arne's Hoard, 1904.

Kuvitusluonnos Selma Lagerlöfin romaaniin Aarne herran rahat (museum title)

Albert Edelfelt (Finnish), charcoal and watercolour on paper

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Sailboat, 1875.

Veleiro (museum title)

Edoardo De Martino (Italian), graphite and white gouache on paper

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil

Piha Heads, 1903–1915.

Piha Heads (museum title)

Edward Friström (New Zealander), oil on panel

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

A Rough Sea with a Fishing Boat, J. M. W. Turner

A Rough Sea with a Fishing Boat, 1850.

A Rough Sea with a Fishing Boat (museum title)

J. M. W. Turner (British), watercolor

Yale Center for British Art, United States

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, Bruno Liljefors

White-tailed Eagle Swooping on a Male Eider, 1924.

Zeearend stoot op een mannetje eidereend (museum title)

Bruno Liljefors (Swedish), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Netherlands

Against the Current, 1919.

Mot strömmen (museum title)

Anders Zorn (Swedish), etching

Thiel Gallery, Sweden

Entrance to the Harbour at Le Havre, Overcast Sky, Camille Pissarro

Entrance to the Harbour at Le Havre, Overcast Sky, 1903.

Entrance to the Harbour at Le Havre, Overcast Sky (museum title)

Camille Pissarro (French), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

Surf at the North Coast of Jutland, Michael Ancher

Surf at the North Coast of Jutland, 1918.

Stormvejr. Skagens Gren (museum title)

Michael Ancher (Danish), oil on veneer

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Paul Viaud en costume d'amiral du XVIIIe siècle, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Paul Viaud en costume d'amiral du XVIIIe siècle, 1901.

Paul Viaud en costume d'amiral du XVIIIe siècle (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil

Figures on Beach, 1917.

Figurer på badstrand (museum title)

Sigrid Hjertén (Swedish), oil on panel

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Lion Rock, Piha, 1903–1915.

Lion Rock, Piha (museum title)

Edward Friström (New Zealander), oil on canvas mounted on panel

Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

Entrance to Enoshima in Sagami Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

Entrance to Enoshima in Sagami Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

Entrance to Enoshima in Sagami Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

View of the Port of Sète, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz

View of the Port of Sète, 1771.

View of the Port of Sète (Vista del puerto de Sète) (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), United States

Stony Shore (pure etching state), Carl Bloch

Stony Shore (pure etching state), 1889.

Stenet Strandbred (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), etching and drypoint

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Poseidon and Amphitrite, c. 1913.

Poseidon and Amphitrite (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Bather at Chorrillos, c. 1858.

Bañista en Chorrillos (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Peinture inachevée, 1944.

Peinture inachevée (museum title)

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil and gouache on cardboard

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

New Zealand coastal scene, 1886.

New Zealand coastal scene (museum title)

John Gully (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Côtes du Pays de Galles dans la brume, Alfred Sisley

Côtes du Pays de Galles dans la brume, 1897.

Côtes du Pays de Galles dans la brume (museum title)

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Christ Calms the Storm, study for the altarpiece in Raahe church, Eero Järnefelt

Christ Calms the Storm, study for the altarpiece in Raahe church, 1925.

Kristus asettaa myrskyn, harjoitelma Raahen kirkon… (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), pastel on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Green Sea, 1930.

Groene zee (museum title)

Constant Permeke (Belgian), oil on canvas

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Wave VII, 1900.

Vågen (museum title)

August Strindberg (Swedish), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Futamigaura in Ise Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Utagawa Hiroshige

Futamigaura in Ise Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1858.

Futamigaura in Ise Province (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Near Beauport, St. Lawrence River, William Brymner

Near Beauport, St. Lawrence River, c. 1900.

Near Beauport, St. Lawrence River (museum title)

William Brymner (Canadian), oil on canvas board

Galerie d'art d'Ottawa, Canada