Marine: The Waterspout 1870 Gustave Courbet French Courbet first witnessed a waterspout at Trouville, a village on the Channel Coast, in 1865 or 1866. This dramatic phenomenon, a tornado at sea, occurs when temperature differences in the air create a whirling spiral of wind and water. Courbet first painted the subject in 1866 (Philadelphia Museum of Art). The present picture features the cliffs of Étretat, as does a second, undated version of the composition (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).. Marine: The Waterspout. Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz). 1870. Oil on canvas.
Marine: The Waterspout 1870 Gustave Courbet French Courbet first witnessed a waterspout at Trouville, a village on the Channel Coast, in 1865 or 1866. This dramatic phenomenon, a tornado at sea, occurs when temperature differences in the air create a whirling spiral of wind and water. Courbet first painted the subject in 1866 (Philadelphia Museum of Art). The present picture features the cliffs of Étretat, as does a second, undated version of the composition (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).. Marine: The Waterspout. Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz). 1870. Oil on canvas. Paintings
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