Tag: Sea
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #88
Lucien Delarue, (1925 – 2011 French) “Harbor Monte Carlo” Oil on canvas laid to waxed canvas 18.25″ H x 22″ W Private collection By 1901 it became apparent that the Principality of Monte Carlo needed a harbour able to accommodate the large number of yachts that visited the Côte d’Azur and to help open up the commerce of…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #86
Winslow Homer, (1836–1910) The Fisher Girl, c. 1894 Oil on canvas 71.8 × 71.8 cm (2.3 × 2.3 ft) Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #85
Oswald Achenbach, (German, 1827-1905) View of Ischia with the Aragonese castle Oil on canvas 64.5 x 89cm (25 3/8 x 35 1/16in). Private collection Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the city of Naples. It is…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #84
Samuel Owen, (1769 – 8 December 1857) Unloading the catch Watercolour 14 x 19cm; 5½ x 7½in Private collection Samuel Owen (1769 – 8 December 1857) was an English marine painter and illustrator. Nothing is recorded of him before 1791, when he exhibited “A Sea View” at the Royal Academy. This was followed in 1797,…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #83
Edward William Cooke A pilot boat off the North Foreland Oil on board 18 x 29cm; 7 x 11½in Private collection A pilot boat is used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. North Foreland[ is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England;…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #82
Lionel Percy Smythe, RA, RWS, RI, ROI (British, 1839-1918) The mussel gatherer, c. 1876 Oil on canvas 92.1 x 64.2cm (36 1/4 x 25 1/4in). Private collection The best moment to do gather mussels is during a low spring tide. When the water goes as low as a meter under, the surf rocks will be exposed…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #81
Nicola D’Ascenzo (Pennsylvania / Italy, 1871-1954) Harbor scene, c. 1904 Watercolor 17 x 13 in. Private collection Nicola D’Ascenzo (September 25, 1871, Torricella Peligna, Italy – April 13, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an Italian-born American stained glass designer, painter and instructor. He is best known for creating stained glass windows for the Washington Memorial Chapel in…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #78
Ivana Vostrakova Czech Republic Little dancer and the sea Photography: Digital, Manipulated and Color on Canvas. 29.5 H x 39.4 W x 0.8 in Private collection Ivana Vostrakova: Minimalist strong composition and clear lines are typical for Ivana Vostrakova’s work. They apply mainly in the minimalist graphical shortcuts. They are, in some cases, moreover enriched by…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #77
Andres Vivo, Uruguay Ketch and Yawls Oil on Paper 8.5 H x 11.8 W x 0 in Private collection A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast). Compared to a similar sized ketch, a yawl’s mizzen mast is set further aft and its mizzen sail is smaller.…
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07 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The beautiful and damned women of history
Théodore Chassériau, 1819-1856 MARY STUART SWEARING REVENGE Oil on canvas 25 1/2 by 21 1/4 in Private Collection While Chassériau’s precise inspiration for Mary Stuart Swearing Revenge is unknown, it is possible that the work was based on Friedrich Schiller’s play of 1800 or Donizetti’s opera, Maria Stuarda, written in 1845. It has been suggested…
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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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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #72
Cezary Kielar, Netherlands Girl at the seaside Oil on Canvas 19.7 H x 23.6 W x 0.8 in Private collection Cezary Kielar, Netherlands: “I take pictures, draw and paint … At the moment I paint portraits, but there is a kind of ambiguity in it. The appearance of the figures has often symbolic value, so there are…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #71
Zena Holloway, United Kingdom Sea Dance 1 Photography 23.2 H x 16.5 W x 0.1 in Private collection Haenyeo (sea women) are female divers in the Korean province of Jeju. Known for their independent spirit, iron will and determination, the haenyeo are representative of the semi-matriarchal family structure of Jeju. Jeju’s diving tradition dates back to 434…
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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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