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Tragedy of the Sea
1916 · Oil on board
40 1/2 x 61 1/4 in. (102.9 x 155.6 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Louis Michel Eilshemius
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19
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20
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34
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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Recent Acquisitions: Epstein and Others
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
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Fifty Modern Paintings and Sculpture Especially Donated for the Benefit of the 30th Anniversary Fund of The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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Louis Michel Eilshemius was an American painter working primarily in oil on canvas, known for lyrical landscapes and figural compositions that combined romantic subject matter with an idiosyncratic, often dreamlike formal approach. Active in the early twentieth century, he worked largely independent of major artistic movements, developing a personal visual language marked by luminous color and an emphasis on mood over anatomical precision. His work remained relatively obscure during his lifetime but has since been reconsidered for its distinctive sensibility within American modernism.
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New York, US
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