Tag: Marine Paintings
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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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24 Classic Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #20
A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century, generally either a schooner or a brigantine. The original Baltimore clippers were schooners. They had multiple types of sail plans but the most common was three masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, small…
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16 Classic Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #21
A trawler is fishing vessel that uses a trawl, a conical net that snares fish by being dragged through the water or along the bottom. Harry Hudson Rodmell (28 May 1896–3 March 1984) was an English painter and Commercial artist, specialising in marine art. He studied at Hull School of Art before enlisting in the…
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Montague Dawson, GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51a
Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the Government to bring troops out to New Zealand to quell the Maori disturbances she had been in the Australian trade. She…
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02 CLASSIC MARINE PAINTINGS, THE LOWER POOL – WITH FOOTNOTES, #52
Charles Edward Dixon, 1872 – 1934 The Lower Pool, 1902 Watercolour 27 x 78 cm. Private collection The Pool of London is a stretch of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Limehouse. Part of the Tideway of the Thames, the Pool was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal and later overseas goods—the wharves there…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #95
A 8-1/2 inch “Mariner” clock for the yacht Sumar Chelsea Clock Co., Boston, MA., for Tiffany and Co., circa 1926 25 x 20 x 8-1/2 in. (63.5 x 50.8 x 21.5 cm.), height x width x depth Signed below the “12” on the dial “Tiffany & Co.”, a Chelsea “Mariner” ship strike, with silvered face,…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #73
Franz Hünten Hamburg, 1822 – Hamburg 1887 The W. Schernikau off Heligoland, c. 1860 Oil/canvas 50,5 x 71,5 cm Private collection Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. The islands were at one time Danish and later British possessions. The islands are located in the Heligoland Bight are in the southeastern corner of…
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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, #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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05 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #48
Thomas Buttersworth, Jr, (1807-1842) Chasing a Pirate Ship Oil on canvas 15 x 20 in Private collection Thomas Buttersworth, Jr. (1807-1842), was named after his father, the well known marine painter Thomas Buttersworth Senior (1766-1841), who was to have a considerable influence on his son’s painting career. There exist few details about Thomas Junior’s private life. What…
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11 Classic Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #21
Harry Hudson Rodmell, (1896–1984) Gale Force 8: Trawler in a Rough Sea, mid-20th C–late 20th C Oil on paper marouflage on board 457 x 55.9 cm National Maritime Museum, London Harry Hudson Rodmell (28 May 1896 – 3 March 1984) was an English painter and Commercial artist, specialising in marine art. He studied at Hull School of…
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07 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #45
Unknown artist SS ‘Nottingham,’ c. 19th C Oil on panel 25.5 x 31.5 cm Hull Maritime Museum SS Nottingham was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1891. The ship was built by Swan Hunter in Wallsend and launched on 13 March 1891. She was placed on the Grimsby to…
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