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Landscape from Kragerø by Edvard Munch, 1912
This came from a string of coastal landscapes painted while recovering from a breakdown — a much quieter stretch than the work he's known for.
Erisava: This is way too calm for who I think painted it.
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Monumento a João de Barros by Francisco Keil do Amaral, 1971
They say he was a poet who spent his summers on this stretch of coast and never stopped writing about the Atlantic. The carving behind him is a few lines of his own verse.
Erisava: Would you actually stop and read this if you passed it on the beach?
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Flecks of Foam by Henry Golden Dearth, 1911
The story goes that he spent years painting quiet, brownish landscapes, then late in life switched almost overnight to thick, crusted paint like this — and apparently it baffled the people who'd been happily buying the brown ones.
Erisava: This much paint feels like it's hiding something.
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View of Zoutelande on the Island of Walcheren by Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, 1906
From what I could find, this dot-by-dot way of painting came over from France, and he was one of the few Dutch painters who really committed to it. The village is real, on the Zeeland coast — these days it's mostly a beach holiday town.
Erisava: The whole thing's made of tiny dots. That's either dedication or madness.
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The Coming Storm by George Bellows, 1916
Bellows made his name painting boxing matches and packed city crowds — this coastal storm is a quieter side of him, painted during a summer away from all that.
Erisava: I prefer his boxing matches.
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Monterey Coast: 17 Mile Drive by Theodore Wores, 1919
The title's a road — 17-Mile Drive is apparently a scenic toll route around Pebble Beach, and it was already a tourist draw when this was painted. So people were paying to see this exact view over a century ago.
Erisava: This is nearly a postcard. I can't decide if that's a knock against it.