The early work of Paul-Jean Clays is dominated by the Romantic influence of his French teachers. He integrated this influence in representations of famous sailing ships, foreign ports as well as shipwrecks, as is the case here in The day after the shipwreck. The painting is dominated by a romantic atmosphere, for example in the detailed representation of the badly battered ship, the wild seas and the menacing clouds in the distance, elements that all refer to the storm which has swept through.
| Artist |
Paul Jean Clays
RKD
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| Title | The Day after the Shipwreck |
| Date | 1853 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom left: P.J. Clays. 1853. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1853-A |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1853 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1853-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/165/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300117546
seascapes
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
22 natural phenomena Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C11 rays of natural light Iconclass 24A1 sunrise Iconclass 24A11 dawn Iconclass 24B moon as celestial body Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H13 coast Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2311 wave Iconclass 25H2322 sea Iconclass 25H2322(NORTH SEA) sea (NORTH SEA) Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 26C3 storm Iconclass 26C32 storm at sea Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C215(MAST) parts of ship's exterior: mast Iconclass 46C215(WINDLASS) parts of ship's exterior: windlass Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 46C24111 sail Iconclass 46C2711 seaman Iconclass 46C291 shipwreck Iconclass 46E411 flags flown from a mast Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Romantic (modern European styles) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 45) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 105 (ill.)) |
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