Artwork Details
- Title
- The Wreck
- Artist
- Date
- 1901
- Location
- Dimensions
- 26 3⁄4 x 41 in. (68.1 x 104.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on wood
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Waterscape — boat
- Waterscape — sea
- Disaster — shipwreck
- Waterscape — weather — storm
- Object Number
- 1913.6.1
Artwork Description
The Wreck shows a lifeboat pulling away from a sinking ship, with a storm approaching from the left. Although steamships in the nineteenth century made sea travel more predictable, the sheer power and vastness of the ocean remained a source of fascination for many artists. This piece evokes adventure and danger as the men struggle to escape the doomed ship.