Large oil on canvas of a dramatic coastal landscape by Franz Krause. He was born in Berlin and specialized in landscape and maritime paintings, and exhibited in Berlin in the 1870's. His favorite subjects were rocky beaches and coastlines, as well as English and Dutch themes related to nature. The painting is similar to another Krause painting which sold at Christie's, London, in 2011. That painting was done below a castle on the Isle of Man, and the painting here may well have been done off the coast of Wales; Krause died in Wales. Signed "F Krause 1872" in the lower right. Rebacked with panel board. The overall size s 28 1/4 x 42 1/4 in. wide and the sight size is 21 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. wide.