MOON AND SEA NO. II ARTHUR DOVE

$1.50 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Dove created Moon and Sea II shortly after a harrowing experience while living on his boat near New York’s Long Island Sound. A violent storm rolled in while he was moored in Manhasset Bay, and the power of the wind and rain strongly affected him. This painting captures the serene and eerie quietness after the storm had passed, with undulating layers of waves edged in black.Dove creó Luna y mar n.º II poco después de vivir una experiencia desgarradora en su bote cerca del estuario de Long Island en Nueva…