Jacob Maris - A Beach [late 1870s or 1880s]

Jacob Maris - A Beach [late 1870s or 1880s], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Maris conveys a powerful sense of isolation in this image of a lone fisherman on a wind-swept beach. The only other signs of human presence are two empty boats pulled out of the water onto the sand. The top two-thirds of the canvas are given over to scudding clouds. Jacob Hendrick Maris was born in The Hague, and was the elder brother of Matthijs and Willem Maris. He studied in The Hague and Antwerp. From 1866 to 1871 he was in Paris; then he settled in The Hague. He died in Carlsbad.

[Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 54.5 cm]