View of the Sea at Scheveningen
Vincent van Gogh · 1882
Why it's great
Dark waves roll under a gray sky, with a few small figures and boats on the beach. Van Gogh painted this on the Dutch coast in 1882, in the wind and sand. Tiny grains of sand are still stuck in the paint. It's an early, wild seascape.
Where to see it
📍 BredaBreda, Netherlands
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Vincent van Gogh was born in a small village in the Netherlands and worked as a teacher and art dealer before becoming a painter at age 27. He lived in the Netherlands, Belgium, Paris, and finally the sunny south of France, where his colors grew brighter and bolder. He painted more than 800 paintings in about a decade, yet sold almost none while alive. After his death at 37, his brother's family helped make him one of the most loved artists in history.
