Marine: The Waterspout, 1870, Oil on canvas, 27 1/8 x 39 1/4 in. (68.9 x 99.7 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), Courbet first witnessed a waterspout at Trouville, a village on the Channel Coast, in 1865 or 1866. This dramatic phenomenon, a tornado at sea, occurs when temperature differences in the air create a whirling spiral of wind and water
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Marine, Waterspout, 1870, Oil, canvas, 27 1/8 x 39 1/4, 68.9 99.7 cm, Paintings, Gustave Courbet, French, Ornans, 1819–1877, La Tour-de-Peilz, Courbet first, witnessed, waterspout, Trouville, village, Channel Coast, 1865, 1866, dramatic phenomenon, tornado, sea, occurs, temperature differences, air create, whirling spiral, wind, water
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