George Frederick Morse (American 1834-1925), Oil on Artist Board, “Rocky Coastline”, depicting crashing waves on a rocky coastline with two ships on the horizon, initialed and dated lower left – G.F.M. 1913, in a molded wood frame.

12 in. x 18 in. Overall 17.5 in. x 23.5 in.

A landscape and marine painter from Portland, Maine, George Morse was a founding member in 1860 of an informal painting group called ‘The Brushians’. Their nickname for him was ‘The Boss at Delano Park’ for a local park that he often used for subject matter. In 1917, he was President of the Portland Art Society.