Tag: REGATTA
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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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Frank Townsend Lent; Sailing Regatta 01 Marine Painting – Frank Townsend Lent , With Footnotes, #276
Frank Townsend Lent (1855–1919) was a residential architect, painter and author. Lent designed many suburban and summer cottage homes in Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, and Ontario around the turn of the century in the Victorian and Edwardian architectural period. Several of these homes are protected by their town’s historical society. Lent lived in Cranford, New Jersey.…
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Massimo Vitali, Papeete Beach Regatta 01 Work of Art, Marine Photograph – With Footnotes, #244
Massimo Vitali (b. Como, Italy in 1944) is an Italian photographer based in Lucca. Vitali studied photography at the London College of Printing. He initially worked as a photojournalist for the Report Agency in the 1970s, and later as a movie camera operator. In 1995 he took on fine art photography, often standing on a podium…
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Charles Ernest Cundall, REGATTA 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #119
Charles Ernest Cundall REGATTA Oil on canvas 24 2/5 × 40 1/5 in; 62 × 102 cm Private collection A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft. A regatta often includes social and promotional activities which surround the racing event, and except in the…