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Sunset (1865–66)

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)

Golden light spills across the sky, igniting clouds in fiery hues. The horizon glows, dissolving into deep blues where land meets water. Shadows stretch long beneath the trees, their silhouettes sharp against the dying light. A fleeting moment—warmth fading, night approaching—holds its breath.
Une soirée au Pré-Catelan (1909)

Henri Gervex (French, 1852–1929)

Laughter floats through the lantern-lit garden as silk skirts brush against tailored suits. Glasses clink under the trees, their reflections shimmering in dark puddles from an earlier rain. Paris hums beyond the hedges, but here, time stretches like the shadows across damp gravel.
Summer Evening on Skagen Beach, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1899)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

Golden light spills across the shore as a woman stands barefoot in the sand, her white dress catching the breeze. The sea melts into twilight behind her, all soft blues and fading warmth. There’s a quiet here—the hush of waves, the cool touch of evening air on sun-warmed skin.
Dreams (ca. 1861)

Frederic William Burton (Irish, unknown)

A woman’s face, half-lit in shadow, drifts between sleep and waking. Her lips part slightly, as if whispering to unseen figures in the dark. The folds of her nightgown catch the faintest glow—something lingers just beyond the edge of vision.
Bord de Loire au clair de lune (1911)

Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (French, 1864–1930)

Moonlight glows on the river’s surface, rippling between dark banks. Shadows blur into the water’s edge, dissolving trees and sky into a single hushed moment. The night hums, alive yet still, as if holding its breath beneath the silver light.
The Coming of Night (1897)

Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn (English, 1870–1951)

Dusk settles over the trees, softening their edges into hazy silhouettes. The last light lingers, brushing the landscape with muted gold before surrendering to the deepening blue. A quiet hush falls—nature holding its breath as day slips away.
A Dance At Sunset

Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866–1936)

Silhouettes twirl against the fiery sky, their movements blurring into the dying light. The sand still holds the day’s warmth beneath their feet as laughter tangles with the wind. For a moment, the horizon swallows everything but the dance.
Summer evening on the beach at Skagen. The painter and his wife (1899)

Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, unknown)

Golden light spills across wet sand as two figures walk hand in hand through the shallows, their long shadows stretching toward the water’s edge. The fading sun paints the sky in soft pinks and blues, mirroring the quiet rhythm of waves lapping at their feet.
Un Soir À La Mer

Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823–1906)

A woman stands by the sea at dusk, her figure bathed in twilight as waves gently break against the shore.