Large seascape with a sailing ship was executed in the late 19th century by good listed German painter Max Jensen (born 860 in Berlin). He was active as marine painter from 1877 to 1908.

Jensen studied at the Berlin Academy of the Arts, after study he continued his studies at the Academy of the Arts in Düsseldorf. He exhibited his seascapes at exhibitions in Germany, Denmark and Holland. Max Jensen lived in Berlin, but spent a lot of time on the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts, where were created his maritime motifs with often raging sea waves and stormy cloud landscapes.

Literature: Hans Jürgen Hansen: German marine painting. Ship representations, maritime genre pictures, seascapes and coastlines. Stalling, Oldenburg 1977; Joachim Busse: International handbook of all painters and sculptors of the 19th century. Busse art documentation. Frankfurt 1977; Emmanuel Bénézit: Dictionary of Artists. 1976 and 1999

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period wood frame..

Measurements: unframed: w 43 1/4" x h 26 3/8" (110 x 67 cm), framed : w 52 1/2" x h 35 3/4" (133,5 x 91 cm ).

Condition: in good condition, original canvas, cleaned by profess. restorer.