Ships at Anchor. Winter

Eugen painted Ships at Anchor. Winter with oil on canvas, and it feels like he was really feeling his way through this scene. You can see how the paint is applied in layers, creating a luminous effect, with these hazy purples, blues and oranges kinda bleeding into each other. The texture of the painting feels soft, almost like velvet, and it's like he's trying to capture a mood more than a literal representation of the ships. The silhouettes of the ships fade into the night, but the rigging is so precise, those spidery webs are like a kind of graphic structure. Look at the way the city lights twinkle in the distance! It’s really reminiscent of Whistler’s Nocturnes, where the subject is less about the thing itself, and more about the feeling it evokes. Ultimately, it's Eugen's attention to the surface and the dreamy colour palette that makes this painting so captivating.