Category: Marine Artr
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #70
JOY LAVILLE Figures on sand bar and fish, c. 1984 Gouache on paper 43 x 64 cm / 16 x 25 inches. Private Collection Joy Laville (born September 8, 1923) is an English/Mexican artist whose art career began and mostly developed in Mexico when she came to the country to take art classes in San Miguel…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #75
Kasia Derwinska, Spain The wait was long Photography 15.7 H x 15.7 W x 0.4 in Private collection Kasia Derwinska: “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #69
Backhuysen, Ludolf, Dutch, 1630 – 1708 Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast, c. 1667 Oil on canvas 114.3 x 167.3 cm (45 x 65 7/8 in.) National Gallery of Art The three cargo ships in this large painting are the type of wide-bellied, seagoing vessels used to transport much of the commodities that generated the wealth…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS, BATTLE OF LEPANTO – WITH FOOTNOTES, #68
Unknown Battle of Lepanto of 1571 Oil on canvas 1270 mm x 2324 mm; , National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, of which the Venetian Empire and the Spanish Empire were the main powers, inflicted…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #67
Kasia Derwinska, Spain He promised to come back Photography Size: 15.7 H x 15.7 W x 0.4 in Private collection Kasia Derwinska “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences,…
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03 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #59
Félix Vallotton, (1865–1925) La plage à Honfleur/ The beach at Honfleur, c. 1919 Oil on canvas, 54 x 81 cm. Private collection Honfleur is a commune in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais. It is especially known for…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #66
PATRICK DEMARCHELIER Imaan Hammam, Desert Calm, Tierra Atacama, Vogue, 2015 Archival Pigment Print 36 × 44 in, 91.4 × 111.8 cm Private collection Imaan Hammam (born 5 October 1996) is a Dutch model of Egyptian and Moroccan descent. She has appeared on the cover of American Vogue thrice. Imaan Hammam was born in Amsterdam to an…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #65
Edward (Edwin) Henry Eugene Fletcher. (1857-1945) Dock scene at Rochester, Kent, early 20th century Oil painting on canvas 24″ high, 36″ Private collection Dock scene at Rochester, Kent with ships and a castle in the background. Rochester is a town and historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is at the…
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03 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #64
Joe Selby, (American, 1893-1960) Steamship Mary Weems, c. 1926 Oil on board 18 x 25 in Private collection The Mary Weems was the first passenger steamer to enter the Port of Palm Beach, and a big deal was made of the event. She was greeted by the mayors of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Riviera Beach…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #63
MARSHALL JOHNSON, JR, (American, 1850-1921) Two Ships Oil on canvas 23 x 28 in., frame: 30 x 35 in. Private collection Marshall Johnson, (American, 1850-1921), is renowned for his atmospheric, dramatic marine paintings that depict ships at sea with realistic detail. The artist was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1850 and died there in 1921. In 1868,…
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04 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #63
Manner of Willem van de Velde Ships in Calm Water Oil on canvas 24 x 26 1/4 inches (61 x 66.7 cm) Private collection Willem van de Velde, 1633 – 1707, was the leading Dutch marine painter of the later 17th century. His later paintings shaped the development of seascape painting in England in the 18th century.…
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06 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #61
Montague Dawson, 1890–1973 UP SHE RISES – THE SHIP NORTH AMERICA Oil on canvas 28 1/4 x 42 in Private collection Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th and 19th centuries. Montague was the…
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06 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #62
BRITISH SCHOOL, 19th century NAVAL ENGAGEMENT Oils on canvas 24 x 36 1/4 in. (65 x 92.1 cm) Private collection In the 18th and 19th century, English painting finally developed a distinct style and tradition again. Sir James Thornhill’s paintings were executed in the Baroque style of the European Continent and William Hogarth reflected the new…
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04 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #60
Charles Edward Dixon, 1872 – 1934 OFF NEW BRIGHTON , 1899 Watercolour 37 x 55.5cm Private collection New Brighton is a seaside resort forming part of the town of Wallasey within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside. Up to the 19th century, the area had a reputation for smuggling and wrecking, and secret underground cellars and…
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05 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #58
Montague Dawson, 1890 – 1973 FULL SAIL, SUNSET , circa 1950 oil on canvas 71 by 127cm., 28 by 50in Private collection Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th and 19th centuries. Montague…
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09 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #49
Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) THE LOFTY CLIPPER, CLAN MACFARLANE oil on canvas 36 by 24 3/8 in. 91.4 by 61.9 cm Private collection The Clan MacFarlane was built by Russel & Co., for Thomas Dunlop & Sons and launched in 1881 from Greenock, Scotland. The three-masted full-rigged iron ship was sunk with her crew by…
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06 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #50
JOHN WHORF, American (1903-1959) Fisherman’s Moons Watercolor and gouache on paper 14 1/2 x 21 inches (sight) Private collection The best times to fish are when the fish are naturally most active. The Sun, Moon, tides, and weather all influence fish activity. For example, fish tend to feed more at sunrise and sunset, and also…
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03 CLASSIC MARINE PAINTINGS BY WINSLOW HOMER – WITH FOOTNOTES, #54
Winslow Homer, (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine) The Gulf Stream, c.1899 Oil on canvas 28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Homer painted this dramatic scene of imminent disaster. A man faces his demise on a dismasted, rudderless fishing boat, sustained by only a few…
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04 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #57
Charles Edward Dixon, 1872 – 1934 Greenwich , 1905 Watercolour heightened with bodycolour 20.5 x 27 cm Private collection Greenwich is located within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to which it lends its name. Notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time. The town became a…
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04 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #56
J. M. W. Turner, (1775–1851) The Fish Market at Hastings Beach, c. 1810 Oil on canvas Height: 908.05 mm (35.75 in). Width: 1,206.5 mm (47.5 in). Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England. It gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took…
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