The Sea near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888 by Vincent van Gogh

The Sea near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888, captures the shimmering expanse of the Mediterranean under a brilliant southern sky, with small fishing boats and choppy, impasto-thick waves rendered in his characteristic swirling brushwork and vivid blue-and-green palette. Painted in June 1888 during a brief but intensely productive visit to the fishing village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the work belongs to a small group of seascapes marking Van Gogh's first sustained encounter with the open sea, an experience he described in ecstatic terms in letters to his brother Theo.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Date: 1888.

The Sea near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888 by Vincent van Gogh. Mediterranean Seascape Wall Art Canvas Print.