Leon Spilliaert, Marine, 1923, oil on canvas, Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble, France
American master Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is acclaimed for his stirring and powerful seascapes such as Sunlight on the Coast done at his home in Prout’s Neck, Maine. How does it compare, though, to the poetic tranquility of Marine by Belgian Symbolist artist Leon Spilliaert (1881-1946)?
Winslow Homer Sunlight on the Coast, 1890, oil on canvas, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
