TitleCoast Scene
Date1857
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 16 1/4 × 24 3/8 in.
Framed: 24 1/4 × 31 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.
SignedSigned lower left: "Jules Noel / 1857"
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY, Bequest of James A. Suydam, 1865
Object number943-P
Label TextAlthough tourism played a significant role in turning American artists' attention to the ocean and beaches, so too did the influence of European artists in Suydam's collection, such as French painter Jules Achille Noël. The wave-pounded coast of here suggests another dimension of man's interaction with the sea from the contemplative one most often portrayed by Suydam and his colleagues.
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