Ruin by the Sea

Arnold Böcklin's 'Ruins by the Sea' (late 19th century) is a Symbolist landscape by the Swiss painter best known for 'Isle of the Dead'. A classical temple, shattered against a grey Mediterranean horizon, presides over an elegiac scene that echoes Böcklin's lifelong meditations on mortality, myth, and the weight of antiquity. Oil on fabric, Cleveland Museum of Art.

Exhibition Venue

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States