The painting depicts a rocky coastline dotted with color. The horizon is high in the scene, and a strip of pale-yellow sky is visible at the very top of the painting. Along the rocky coast in the distance, the colorful land meets vivid turquoise and green ocean waters, with white lines indicating small waves. A red-striped umbrella in the top left corner appears to shelter a person in a long white dress; the umbrella obscures their face. The rocks have been painted with thick dots of black, white, yellow, orange, red, and green. The brushstrokes are expressive and the paint has been thickly…
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Flecks of Foam

painter Henry Golden Dearth (American, 1864 - 1918)

c. 1911/1912

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 45.3 x 55 cm (17 13/16 x 21 5/8 in.) ; framed: 62.2 x 72.1 x 5.4 cm (24 1/2 x 28 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CMC
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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