Sea II.

Sea II, painted in 1901 and held at the Slovak National Gallery, is the second numbered entry in Czölder's marine subseries. The progressive numbering suggests that the two paintings were produced in sequence—perhaps on the same trip to the coast—with the second work responding to or varying from the first. This practice of producing sequential studies at the same location was standard in the plein-air tradition, allowing painters to track how light, weather, or viewpoint transformed the same scene.

Within the series format, this study likely introduces variations from Sea I in terms of light condition, viewpoint, or degree of atmospheric effect. The handling is consistent with Czölder's direct, unpretentious method—horizontal brushstrokes for water, looser marks for sky, and close attention to tonal relationships.