Hans Gude, Port of Refuge on the Norwegian Coast or Norwegian Harbor of Refuge (Nødhavn Ved Norskekysten)

Private collection

Date: 1873
Technique: Oil on canvas, 182 x 262 cm

The painting shows a realistic rendering of a storm hitting a Norwegian harbor, with a brig stranded in the distant breakers. The painting is divided into a foreground, where women and children watch the rescue effort; a middle ground, where various moored ships bob in the strong waves; and a background, where wavelike rocks enclose the refuge point and bring the eye down to the stranded brig.

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