So. Much. Emotion. So much movement – the tumultuous clouds. A shipwreck… the surprise, horror, devastation, worry and possible thanks they must feel. The bit of blue sky in the distance, the roar of the sea, the building that stands tall and offers hope in an awful situation. It’s almost as if the artist had set up to paint en plein air and had witnessed (and painted) a shipwreck as it was unfolding. *See note below!
Another painting with so many questions – did they all survive? How many were lost? What caused the ship sink? Was it weather, or rocks, or? Is there anyone dangling between the here and the gone? Will they receive help on time?#ontheedgeofaprecipice I have so many questions…
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*I’m not sure if my phone changed the colors in this painting or not – see the link to the DIA website below – you’ll see the painting and the information regarding this painting. Their image is much clearer!
The Wreck, 1854
- Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey, French, 1803-1886
Oil on canvas
- Unframed: 38 × 30 inches (96.5 × 76.2 cm)
- 42 5/8 × 35 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (108.3 × 90.2 × 6 cm)
Gift of Edward Chandler Walker
07.14
Read about Eugène Isabey, HERE from wikipedia.com!
IMAGE taken at Detroit Institute of Art with an iPhone
IMAGES ARE NOT FOR REPRODUCTION, THEY ARE PROPERTY OF THE ARTIST/ART INSTITUTE.
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