Sunset from a Rocky Coastline

1842

Jean Achille Benouville

Associated Names
Jean Achille Benouville

Artist, French, 1815 - 1891

The image displays a seascape with a viewpoint slightly elevated above rocky terrain. The horizon line is low in the composition, allowing the sky to dominate the scene. A dark silhouette is visible on the horizon against the lighter sky. The artist used a subtle brushstroke technique, blending shades smoothly. The color palette includes earthy tones of browns and greens in the rocks, contrasting with soft blues and grays in the sky. Warm orange and pink hues touch the clouds, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The ocean between the rocks reflects the sky, completing the serene composition.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke; (Stephen Ongpin, New York); purchased 2011 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 32, 158, no. 7 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

2014

  • The Color of Nature: Recent Acquisitions of Landscape Watercolors, NGA, 2014.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 1842; verso, lower right in graphite: 010123

Markings

Benouville's studio stamp, with #13

Wikidata ID

Q64580987

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