Abstract Seascape Paintings ($20)

I'm looking for an abstract seascape painting I saw in a text book in
1980. I think the title was "The Baltic Sea" but I've looked for 20
years and cannot find an abstract painting with that title. The
painting is several horizontal lines of color (shades listed bottom to
top): dark brown fading to light brown, then light green fading to
dark green, then light blue fading to dark blue. When looking at the
painting w/ the title in mind, you "see" the beach, ocean and sky. It
was the first time I truly understood abstract art.

I WANT THE CORRECT NAME OF THE PAINTING, A .JPG IMAGE, AND A SITE
WHERE I CAN OBTAIN A PRINT.

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Request for Question Clarification by j_philipp-ga on 05 Apr 2003 04:27 PST

Hello Autumn61,

How abstract is the painting? Here are two paintings for reference,
maybe you can tell which one comes closer in terms of style:

1. The National Gallery, London - Turner, Margate from the Sea
http://nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/largeImage?workNumber=NG1984&collectionSection=work

2. Late Summer Sky
http://www.mcgowanfineart.com/latesummersky.jpg


Also, is there anything you can tell about the book you saw the
picture in?
And do you remember in which context the painting was discussed --
which other artists were discussed, which art period/ style?

Thanks.

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Clarification of Question by autumn61-ga on 06 Apr 2003 07:09 PDT

To answer J Philipp: 

I don't remember the text books name, but it was in the REFERENCE
section of the library. The photo was in the MODERN ART SECTION under
ABSTRACT or IMPRESSIONIST. It wasn't a very big picture, about 3 in. x
3 in. At the time my class as studying Paul Klee and his
contemporaries.  For years I thought the painting was by Klee but
can't find it. Klee does have a painting with several horizontal
lines, but it has an arrow in the middle and the the colors aren't
what I remember.

The painting was about 20 horizontal rectangles of color graduating in
colors as I described. The rectangles were painted with a brush so the
edges were soft, not hard defined blocks (like the Klee painting).

Both of the paintings you found are nice, but not what I remember. The
second one is close, but the painting I'm looking for has more of the
colors and graduations.

Thank you for searching. I hope we find the painting. This has been on
my mind a very long time.

Your descriptions sounds rather like one of the many paintings of the
Baltic by the German expressionist painter, Emil Nolde (1867 - 1956).
See, for example, the reproductions on the following website  
http://home.t-online.de/home/ulf-westphal/nolde.htm. If you do a
Google image search, you will find many other repros of Nolde's
paintings; you should also be able to find books on him, which may
include the actual painting you recall.

Sorry, autumn61, but I now realise the above link contains paintings
by students inspired by Nolde, rather than by the Master himself. The
following link contains numerous Nolde repros, including several
seascapes: http://bama.ua.edu/~emartin/gn403/art/15/index.html

Geof

Thank you for the sites. The paintings are lovely, but so far I
haven't found the one I'm looking for. I'll let you know if I find it.

Autumn61

Greetings, autumn61!

Would the painting you are seeking look like these, by any chance?

http://www.worldmuseumscompany.com/artprints/GroenhartJan.htm

Regards,

aceresearcher

Thank you Acereseacher. These painting are too "realalistic" for what
I'm looking for. Thanks for searching.