Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
Accession Number
1909.9.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Frederick J. Waugh's *Southwesterly Gale, St. Ives* (1907) captures the raw fury of a storm battering the rugged Cornish coast. Painted during Waugh's time in the artist colony of St. Ives overlooking the English Channel, the work depicts towering waves crashing under a turbulent sky, with fierce winds whipping the sea into chaos. As an American artist renowned for his marine subjects, Waugh masterfully conveys the ocean's immense power through dynamic brushwork, blending realism with impressionistic effects to evoke motion and drama. Waugh, who trained in Philadelphia and Europe, was celebra...