Beach Painting

Claude Monet

Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it 

Claude Monet beach paintings

Paul Gauguin beach paintings

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of colour and Synthetist style that was distinct from Impressionism. Toward the end of his life, he spent ten years in French Polynesia 

Paul Gauguin beach paintings

Edvard Munch 

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter. His best known work, The Scream, has become one of Western art's most iconic images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. 

Edvard Munch beach paintings

Kirchner 

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th-century art. 

Kirchner beach paintings

Schmidt-Rottluf 

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke 

Schmidt-Rottluf beach paintings

Heckel 

Erich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group Die Brücke which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. 

Heckel beach and sea paintings

Willem de Kooning 

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter, Elaine Fried. 

Willem de Kooning 1977 paintings

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. 

Winslow Homer beach paintings (Caribbean islands, America and Yorkshire)

Edward Hopper 

Edward Hopper was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper created subdued drama out of commonplace subjects layered with a poetic meaning, inviting narrative interpretations 

Edward Hopper beach paintings

Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. 

Caspar David Friedrich beach paintings

John Constable

John Constable RA was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedham ... he also spent time painting the coast and views of Brighton  and the surrounding areas

John Constable beach paintings

Philip Wilson Steer 

Philip Wilson Steer OM was a British painter of landscapes, seascapes plus portraits and figure studies. He was also an influential art teacher. 

Philip Wilson Steer beach paintings

Fred Cuming 

Frederick George Rees Cuming RA, normally known as Fred Cuming, was a contemporary British landscape painter, who worked in a traditional manner. 

Fred Cuming beach paintings

Suzanne Vaughan 

'I am a professional full time artist living in Portland, Oregon. My art is an expression of colour, light and positive energy, from my vibrant modern colour field abstracts to my minimal atmospheric landscapes. They capture the fresh vitality of nature’s essence infused with uplifting energy to convey feelings of hope and optimism.'

Suzanne Vaughan beach paintings