The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 13, 2026

A horizontally oriented oil painting uses thick, expressive brushstrokes to depict a vast, churning sea. Dark blue and teal water dominates the majority of the composition, punctuated by white highlights along cresting waves. A high horizon line divides the turbulent water from a pale sky of light gray and cream. The rough texture emphasizes the restless movement of the open ocean under hazy light.

An October Day

before 1915

Frank K. M. Rehn

(American, 1848–1914)
America
oil on canvas
Unframed: 40.8 x 71 cm (16 1/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Gift of Frank K. M. Rehn Jr. 1924.963
Location: Not on view
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.963