Laurits Bernard Holst California, Denmark, Norway,1848-1934 Depicts ships rolling through choppy waters with waves crashing into the rocky coastline. Holst was active in California, painting along the Monterey coast, the Golden Gate, Clear Lake, and the Sierra, all while taking on landscape artist Emil Carlsen as an apprentice. Oil on canvas,Canvas 22" x 38",Frame 28" x 43 7/8" Signed and dated "L. Holst '85" lower right. From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island gentleman.