On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P03910
- Author
- Haes, Carlos de (Spanish)
- Title
- A Wrecked Ship
- Chronology
- 1883
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 59 cm x 101 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- MUSEO ARTE MODERNO
- Procedence
- Museum of Modern Art
While Carlos de Haes was the first in Spain to begin plein air painting, he didn't always paint his landscapes that way. The present work is an example of a studio painting based on sketches made directly on the beach at Saint Jean de Luz. The center of the composition is an image of a destroyed ship that has run aground on the beach, with the immensity of the sea behind it. Images of grounded or drifting boats were a central part of Haes' subject matter during the period of his life that he lived away from his family.
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