# The sea

Harbours, beaches and open water, from Dutch ships under heavy cloud to American coasts at midday. Painters went to the sea for its weather as much as its boats, and the shoreline became one of the places where open-air painting was worked out.

- [On the Beach, Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/on-the-beach-sunset-met-438551), Eugène Boudin, 1865. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-bay-of-marseille-seen-from-l-estaque-aic-16487), Paul Cézanne, c. 1885. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Figure Mooring a Boat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/figure-mooring-a-boat-cma-90080), Kannan, mid-1500s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Bay of New York, Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bay-of-new-york-sunset-nga-54127), Thomas Chambers, mid 19th century. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [After the rain: fishing nets drying on the shore](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/after-the-rain-fishing-nets-drying-on-the-shore-si-fsg-f1911-306), Traditionally attributed to Li Tang, 1368-1644. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/stage-fort-across-gloucester-harbor-met-11396), Fitz Henry Lane, 1862. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fishing-boats-with-hucksters-bargaining-for-fish-aic-4796), Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1837–38. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Old Road to the Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-old-road-to-the-sea-cma-117715), William Merritt Chase, c. 1893. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Cliffs at Pourville](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cliffs-at-pourville-nga-66425), Claude Monet, 1882. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Waves at Matsushima 松島図屏風](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/waves-at-matsushima-si-fsg-f1906-231-232), Tawaraya Sotatsu, 17th century. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [The Aegean Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-aegean-sea-met-10480), Frederic Edwin Church, ca. 1877. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [In the Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/in-the-sea-aic-110507), Arnold Böcklin, 1883. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [On the Beach, No. 3](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/on-the-beach-no-3-cma-93234), Maurice Prendergast, c. 1915–18. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Dunes by the Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dunes-by-the-sea-nga-210038), Jacob van Ruisdael, 1648. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [The Sea](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sea-si-saam-1925-12-2), Edward Moran, 1870. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [View of Futami Beach at Ise](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-futami-beach-at-ise-met-55234), Shōtei Hokuju, ca. 1810–1820. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Beach at Sainte-Adresse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-beach-at-sainte-adresse-aic-14598), Claude Monet, 1867. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Boats at Berck-sur-Mer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/boats-at-berck-sur-mer-cma-119697), Édouard Manet, 1873. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Amsterdam Harbor Scene](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/amsterdam-harbor-scene-nga-154215), Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman, c. 1654/1655. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Two Gulls and Cliffs](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-gulls-and-cliffs-si-saam-1989-43-7), Louis M. Eilshemius, ca. 1913-1921. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/imaginary-view-of-venice-houses-at-left-with-figures-on-terr-met-335287), Canaletto, 1741. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Mount Fuji Rising beyond Miho Beach](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mount-fuji-rising-beyond-miho-beach-aic-18379), Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1838/42. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [In the Waves (Dans les Vagues)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/in-the-waves-dans-les-vagues-cma-149410), Paul Gauguin, 1889. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Boat at a River Bank with Three Goats](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/boat-at-a-river-bank-with-three-goats-nga-53695), Allart van Everdingen, probably c. 1645/1656. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.