Tag: Beach
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01 Marine Painting, Thomas Whitcombe’s Action between Aigle & Sirene, with Footnotes #287
This painting is unusual in depicting ships engaged in battle while carrying full sails, including their studded sails. It was difficult to man the guns and set the full complement of sails. Full sail was needed here because the ships were engaged in a chase. Aigle (a 5th rate ship with 36 guns; under the command of…
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01 Marine Painting, Jules Achille Noël’s Elegant figures on the beach, Tréport, with Footnotes #285
Estimated for £6,000 – £8,000 in June 2020 Le Tréport is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-eastern France. A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Dieppe. The mouth of the Bresle river meets the English Channel here,…
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01 Marine Painting, Ester Almqvist’s Gothenburg Harbour with Boats in the Ice, With Footnotes #384
The municipally-owned Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic countries. The port is situated on both sides of the estuary of Göta älv in Gothenburg. The north shore, Norra Älvstranden, is on Hisingen island and the south shore, Södra Älvstranden, is on the mainland. It is a combined river and coastal port. More…
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01 Marine Painting – Vasilios Chatzis’ Byzantine naval battle, with Footnotes #386
Sold for £6,312.50 in May 2020 “Two years ago, Vassilios Hatzis undertook to bring back to life an entire historical era, and since then has been engaged in the depiction of the Byzantine fleet. Since there are no previous studies in this field to assist him in his work, his historical research has been, and…
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01 Marine Painting – Johan Tirén’s Return of the Fishermen, with Footnotes #385
Sold for 5,300 USD in June 2020 Johan Tirén (12 October 1853, Själevad – 24 August 1911, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter who specialized in scenes of the rural life in Northern Sweden.He originally attended the Tekniska skolan in Stockholm then spent the years 1877 to 1880 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts,…
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01 MARINE PAINTING – PHILIP LODEWIJK JACOB FREDERIK SADÉE’S BRINGING IN THE CATCH, WITH FOOTNOTES #383
Estimated for £30,000 – £50,000 in June 2020 Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée (7 February 1837 The Hague – 14 December 1904 The Hague) was an artist who belonged to the Hague School. Sadée started painting at the age of 20. He studied in The Hague both at the Academy and in the studio of J E…
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01 MARINE PAINTING – NEWELL CONVERS WYETH’S THE RAFT OF ODYSSEUS, WITH FOOTNOTES #381
Sold for USD 425,000 in May 2016 A vivid jewel tone palette covers much of the canvas, with striking turquoises, emeralds and violets applied in brushwork that suggests movement in both the intense swelling of the sea and storm clouds swarming above. The ominous dark clouds are a stark contrast to the white foam of the wave…
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01 Marine Painting – Raoul Dufy’s THE PIER IN LE HAVRE, with Footnotes #379
Sold for 200,000 EUR in June 2020 In 1885, the Florentine father named Guéroult installed the Bains de la Falaise on the current site of the regatta palace. The establishment was very popular with residents. They took advantage of beach huts, canvas tents and the pier that allowed high tide to reach the sea without…
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01 Marine Painting – Willem Hendrik Eickelberg’s BUSY FISHERFOLK, with Footnotes #380
Estimated for 6,000 – 8,000 USD in October 2020 Willem Hendrik Eickelberg was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1845. Although he never obtained the recognition he deserved from a larger public, we know a lot of works from his hand have survived the years. He recieved his education at the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam,…
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04 Marine Photographs – Kasia Derwinska’s Neighborhood, House with the ocean view, Summer shelter and Now or never, with Footnotes #377
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… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes’ Le pauvre pêcheur/ The Poor Fisherman, with Footnotes #376
The Poor Fisherman was the first of Puvis de Chavannes’ paintings to be bought by the State. But the work sparked a lively reaction at the Salon of 1881 and was not bought until 1887 when it was again shown to the public. It took six years for a national museum to dare to show…
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01 Marine Work – Elger Esser’s Nice, with Footnotes #376
Sold for 12,500 USD on April 3, 2020 Nice is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the French Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region after…
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02 MARINE WORKS – DAVID THIMGAN’S ABBOTT LAWRENCE, WITH FOOTNOTES #375
This work was sold for $2,520.00 on March 21, 2020 LAWRENCE, Abbott (1792-1855). Was an American merchant, legislator, and diplomat. He was born in Groton, Mass.; was educated in a district school, and at the Groton Academy. He moved to Boston in 1808, and there served an apprenticeship in the warehouse of his elder brother, Amos,…
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02 Marine Paintings – Nelson White’s Red Umbrellas, with Footnotes, #374
Nelson White is known for his Umbrella paintings. Painted en plein air on a beach in Italy. Born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born… Please follow link for full post
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01 Marine Painting – Linda Weir’s Mousehole Spring, with Footnotes, #373
Mousehole has a rich fishing heritage and was once known as Porth Enys, meaning ‘port of the island’. From the 13th century, it was the main port in Mounts Bay until the 16th century when Newlyn and Penzance became more dominant. The origins of its modern name ‘Mousehole’ are unknown, although it is suggested that it…
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01 Marine Painting – Raoul Dufy’s Le retour des régates/ The return of the regatta, with Footnotes, #371
A regatta is a series of boat races. The term comes from the Venetian-Italian language regata meaning “contest” and typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround the racing event, and except in the case…
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03 Classic Marine Paintings by Marc-Aurèle Fortin, William James GlackensRichard Hayley Lever, with Footnotes, #53
The Port of Montreal is a port and transshipment point on the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On the Saint Lawrence Seaway 1,600 kilometres inland from the Atlantic Ocean, it is on the shortest direct route from Europe and the Mediterranean to North America. It is an international container port that services Toronto and…
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02 Marine Paintings – Arthur Quartley’s At Sea, with Footnotes, #368
Arthur Quartley (May 24, 1839 – May 19, 1886) was an American painter known for his marine seascapes.Quartley was born in Paris and lived there to the age of twelve, when his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. He studied drawing with his father Frederick William Quartley, who was an English engraver. At age 17, Arthur was…
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01 Marine Painting – Henri Lebasque’s Véranda sur la Plage de Cannes/ Veranda on Cannes Beach, with Footnotes, #367
The beaches in Cannes can be divided into public and private. Private ones have plenty of amenities (lockers, sun loungers, waiter service) and are closest to La Croisette – Cannes’ main boulevard. They come at a cost, though. The public spots are natural and more minimalist, but some have showers and restaurants close by. Henri…
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