Tag: Seascape
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Montague Dawson, The Q. 9. Mary B. Mitchell 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #170
The Mary B Mitchell was a British and later an Irish schooner, affectionately known as Mary B.. She was a pleasure craft, a war hero, a working schooner, a film star and a transporter of essential cargoes in dangerous waters. Built in 1892 she carried slate from Wales. In 1912 she was acquired by Lord Penrhyn…
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Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, A MERCHANTMAN OFF VEERE 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #219
Veere is a municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland. Wolfert Van Borssele established a ferry and ferry house there in 1281. In the same year Wolfert also built the castle Sandenburg on one of the dikes he had built. On 12 November 1282, Count Floris V. thereupon…
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Charles Napier Hemy, The Shrimper’s Return 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #169
Small-scale local fishery for shrimp and prawns has existed for centuries and continues to form a large proportion of the world’s shrimp fisheries. Trawling increased in scale with the introduction of otter boards, which use the flow of water to hold the trawling net open, and the introduction of steam-powered vessels, replacing the earlier sail-powered…
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Wilson Irvine; Low Tide 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #213
Wilson Henry Irvine (28 February 1869 – 1936) was a master American Impressionist landscape painter. Irvine spent his early career near Chicago, a product of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Irvine also painted across Western Europe — where he produced outstanding American Impressionist versions of the local countryside. Irvine is best known for his…
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Adolf Heinrich Wriggers; Port Of Hamburg 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #212
The Port of Hamburg is a sea port on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, 110 kilometres from its mouth on the North Sea. The port is almost as old as the history of Hamburg itself. Founded on 7 May 1189 by Frederick I for its strategic location, it has been Central Europe’s main port for centuries…
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Henry Bacon, La Bretagne 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #211
SS La Bretagne was an ocean liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique from her launch in 1886 to 1912, sailing primarily in transatlantic service on the North Atlantic. Sold to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique in 1912, she sailed for that company under her original name and, later, as SS Alesia on France–South America routes.…
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Allaert van Everdingen, A shipwreck on a rocky coast 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #210
Allaert van Everdingen, (born June 18, 1621, Alkmaar, the Netherlands—died November 8, 1675, Amsterdam), Dutch painter and engraver known for his landscapes recalling the scenery of Scandinavia. According to the Dutch art historian Arnold Houbraken, Everdingen studied under Roelant Savery at Utrecht and under Pieter de Molijn at Haarlem. He eventually settled in Amsterdam. His…
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PELEG FRANKLIN BROWNELL, BONAVENTURE ISLAND 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #207
Though Peleg Franklin Brownell found his favourite sketching grounds close to his home in Ottawa, he also explored and created works set in the areas of the Lower St. Lawrence, the Little Saguenay River and the Gaspé Peninsula. Brownell’s works exhibit great technical ability. His landscapes, which arise out of vigourously applied brushstrokes, are thoughtfully…
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John Lowrie Morrison, PUFFER ON THE CRINAN CANAL 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #198
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal, and which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides of Scotland. Characteristically these boats had bluff bows, crew’s quarters with table and cooking stove in the focsle, and a single mast…
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John La Farge, FISHING PARTY 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #18g
On October 5, 1890, in the second month of their fifteen month voyage to the South Seas, John La Farge and his friend Henry Adams arrived off Samoa. They spent most of their time on the island of Upolu, where they stayed in a guest house in the village of Vaiala and accompanied many excursions…
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Virginie Demont-Breton, FISHERMAN’S WIFE COMING TO BATH HER CHILDREN 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #194
Virginie Élodie Marie Thérèse Demont-Breton (26 July 1859, Courrières – 10 January 1935, Paris) was a French painter. Her artistic career got off to an early start due to her having family ties with painters. By the age of twenty, she was exhibiting at the Salon where she received an Honorable Mentions and, four years later,…
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Egon Schiele, TRIESTE FISHING BOAT 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #195
Trieste is a city and a seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. It is also located near Croatia. Egon Schiele (German: 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was…
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Andrzej Wroński; Return 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #196
Andrzej Wronski, born in Chrzanow in 1942. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1968.. Involved in painting, graphics. His works were displayed at both individual and group exhibitions, e.g. Art Studio Lines in Austria (1975), Galsbruck Gallery, Switzerland (1976), Grote Gallery, Belgium (1977), Home Art Gallery, USA (1979). He created…
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Abraham Storck, the Four Days Battle 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #158
The Four Days’ Battle was a naval battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Fought from 1 June to 4 June 1666 in the Julian or Old Style calendar then used in England off the Flemish and English coast, it remains one of the longest naval engagements in history. The Dutch inflicted significant damage on the English…
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Mary Stubberfield; Camara de lobos 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #163
Fishing boats at the harbour of Camara de Lobos near Funchal in Madeira, where Winston Churchill painted. Câmara de Lobos; literally, Portuguese chamber of the sealions, is a municipality, parish and town in the south-central coast of the island of Madeira, Portugal. The location of the modern town is believed to be the original landing point…
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Kasia Derwinska, Imagination is the only escape 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #191
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 are inspired by night dreams as since childhood I remember most of them and I believe that…
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John Charles Allcot, The Pamir in Sydney Harbour 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #127
Pamir, a four-masted barque, was one of the famous Flying P-Liner sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949. By 1957, she had been outmoded by modern bulk carriers and could not operate at a profit. Her shipping consortium’s inability to…
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William Lentz Weiss, Boston Harbor Scene 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #189
Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, and is located adjacent to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the northeastern United States. Since its discovery to Europeans by John Smith in 1614, Boston Harbor has been an important port in…
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Jean Dufy, Port of Le Havre 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #187
The Port of Le Havre is the Port and port authority of the French city of Le Havre. It is the second-largest commercial port in France in terms of overall tonnage, and the largest container port, with three sets of terminals. It can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners, and a major new marina is…
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