Imagining the Oceans

Ocean environments have nourished the imagination of visual artists across history and cultures, yielding a dramatic spectrum of influential works, aesthetics, and forms. ‘Imagining the Oceans’ includes coastal scenes by marine genre painters such as Willem van de Velde; romantic and symbolist fantasies by Charles Méryon; a woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi; items from the Pacific Islands region; and depictions of modern beach culture by Willem de Kooning and others.

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