Ships Leaving Port at Dawn, (painting).

Ships Leaving Port at Dawn, (painting).

Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940, painter.

Ships Leaving Port at Dawn, (painting).

Digital Reference:

Approx. 75 x 40 in.

(Lower right:) Jonas Lie signed

Harbor scene at dawn. Sailing ships in calm blue-green waters and rocky coastline with a few cottages set against a subdued orange sky.

Waterscape -- Harbor

Waterscape -- Time -- Dawn

Waterscape -- Time -- Morning

Landscape -- Coast

Architecture -- Boat -- Sailboat

Occupation -- Industry -- Fishing

Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, 502 West Water Street, Decorah, Iowa 52101 Accession Number: 2008.004.003

Lie painted seascapes beginning in the 1920s and until his death in 1940. This painting could be of an American or Norwegian location. Lie made several trips to Norway during during his life and he lived and worked along the northeastern coast of the U.S.

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, 2013.

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