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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Marine scenes with ships battling stormy seas have a long tradition in Dutch and Flemish painting, going back to the seventeeth century when the Netherlands became a great maritime power. This painting by the Belgian painter Paul Jean Clays depicts a stormy sea with several sailing vessels in full sail being blown by the wind. Four sailors in a dinghy pull away from the sailing vessel, presumably foundering, in the foreground. Clay is best known for his marine paintings and harbour scenes. His paintings representing his careful studies of nature in a very detailed and truthful way. | Subjects: | marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Clays, Paul Jean (Belgian painter, 1819-1900) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8450... | Go to resource |
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