Tag: Seascape
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Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom, The Return to Amsterdam 01 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #142
The painting shows the return to Amsterdam of the ships ‘Overijssel’, ‘Vriesland’, ‘Mauritius’ and ‘Hollandia’ from the second Dutch trading expedition to the East Indies in 1599. The city of Amsterdam is visible on the right. The returned ships are grouped in the middle distance with numerous smaller vessels surrounding them. ‘Hollandia’ is shown at…
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Martin Packford, Adrift II. 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #140
Martin Packford,’s work is primarily concerned with finding a harmonious balance between a clear representation of real locations with a spontaneous and gestural painting process. Martin’s paintings have been privately bought or specially commissioned by clients both nationally and internationally. He currently lives and works in Bristol. “I am a contemporary landscape painter interested in the technique of painting and…
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Geoff Hunt, Bellona and Courageux coming home, 1761 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #138
Geoff Hunt, PPRSMA (born 1948)Bellona and Courageux coming home, Spithead 1761Oil on canvasPrivate collection‘HMS Bellona (left) was one of the first of the new British standard 74-gun ships – a long-lived ship, completed in 1760, still active in 1813. On 15 August 1761 she ran into the powerful French Courageux 74 off the coast of…
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Attilio Pratella; Pescatori sul molo/ Fishermen on the mole 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #136
A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway between places separated by water. The word comes from Middle French mole, ultimately from Latin mōlēs, meaning a large mass, especially of rock. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top of it that resembles a wooden…
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Fishing Boats caught in a Storm 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #146
Private collectionsJoseph Mallord William Turner, RA (baptised 14 May 1775 – 19 December 1851) was an English Romanticist landscape painter. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting. Although renowned for his oil paintings, Turner is also one…
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Lazzaro Pasini, Neapolitan coastal scene 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #134
The Neapolitan coast is one of Italy’s most beautiful stretch of coast, home to stunning scenery, colourful towns and fishermen’s ports. Lazzaro Pasini (1861–1949) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, but also some genre works. A pupil of engraver Romualdo Belloli, in Reggio Emilia, the city of his birth, Lazzaro Pasini moved to Florence after obtaining a…
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Attilio Pratella, Fishing boats on the Neapolitan coast 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #135
Attilio Pratella (Italian, 1856-1949) Fishing boats on the Neapolitan coast Oil on board 22.8 x 35cm (9 x 13 3/4in). Private collection The Neapolitan coastis one of Italy’s most beautiful stretch of coast, home to stunning scenery, colourful towns and fishermen’s ports. Attilio Pratella (born 1856 in Lugo di Romagna, Italy; died 1949 in Naples,…
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Carlton Alfred Smith, The day’s catch 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #133
Carlton Alfred Smith, 1853 – 1946, was a British watercolourist, oil painter and genre artist who often made images of cottage interiors showing domestic life and figures in cottage interiors in a romantic manner towards the end of the nineteenth century. Smith studied at the Slade School of Art. He became one of the most technically accomplished…
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Paul Signac, Goélettes au port/ Schooners at quay, Antibes 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #132
Paul Signac, (French, 1863–1935) Antibes, Goélettes au port/ Schooners at quay, Antibes, 1914 Watercolor and lead mine on paper 29 x 40.5 cm. (11.4 x 15.9 in.) Private collection Antibes is a Mediterranean resort in southeastern France, on the Côte d’Azur between Cannes and Nice. From around the middle of the 19th century the Antibes area…
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Eugene Segal, Yachting Scene 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #131
Eugene Segal Yachting Scene, c. 2010 Oil on canvas. 97cm x 127cm Private collection Eugene Segal was influenced by the works of artists such as Rembrandt, Velasces, Van Deik, France Hals and fellow countrymen Vrubel and Serov. Segal paints with a pallet knife, directly on canvas. Born in 1967 Russia, Segal made the decision to become…
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Nicholas Harding, Beach Life 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #139
Nicholas Harding (b. 1956) Beach Life (goggles and thong) Etching and aquatint on paper 71 x 50 cm Private collection Nicholas Harding (b. 1956) is a highly regarded British-Australian artist known for his large scale painted portraits and pen and ink drawings. Harding came to Australia from England as a six-year-old. After studying for a BA…
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Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen, County of Edinburgh 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #130
Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)County of Edinburgh Stranded on Point Pleasant Beach, 1900Oil on canvas18 x 30 in. (45.7 x 76.2 cm.)The Mariners’ Museum A four-masted iron and steel barque built in 1885 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 87,01×12,92×7.38 meters [285’6″×42’5″×24’3], tonnage: 2117 GRT and 1903 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double…
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Marshall Joyce, Rowboat on the shore 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #129
Marshall Joyce, (1912-1998)Rowboat on the shore with boathouses and figure in the distanceOil on board18″ x 24″Private collection Marshall Woodside Joyce, painter and teacher born in Medford , MA in 1912, is best known for his seascapes, ships, landscapes, and coastal scenes. His interest in the sea was nurtured by his sea-captain father and the…
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Dixie Selden, Gloucester Harbor 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #128
Dixie Selden, (1868-1935)Gloucester HarborOil on canvas16×20Private collection Gloucester, on Cape Ann in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of Massachusetts’ North Shore. An important center of the fishing industry and a popular summer destination, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods. More…
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John Charles Allcot, The Pamir in Sydney Harbour 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #127
John Charles Allcot (1888-1973)The Pamir in Sydney Harbour Oil on Canvas Board 50x60cmPrivate collection 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…
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Ivan Aivazovsky, Rainbow 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #137
Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) Rainbow, 1873 Oil, canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, The above artwork is one of the most important by Ivan Aivazovsky – it overviews the major creative periods, and highlights the greatest achievements by the artist. The painting portrays survivors tossed in a tempestuous sea, as their ship sinks in the background after a…
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Jorn Fox 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #126
Jorn FoxUnknownOil on canvas48 x 24 inchesPrivate collection Jorn Fox was exposed to art at an early age by his father, an art instructor and abstract painter. Even through Jorn had studied in College he believes that his real education came from many hours he spent painting in his studio. There his canvases offered him unlimited…
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Laurits Bernhard Holst, Shipping off Gibraltar 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #125
Laurits Bernhard Holst, Danish 1848-1934 Shipping off Gibraltar, c. 1876 Oil on canvas 42.8x70cm Private collection Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered to the north by Spain. In 1704, Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of…
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Hamilton Hayes, Pilot House Vineyard Haven 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #124
Hamilton Hayes, Georgetown, MA, United States Pilot House Vineyard Haven Oil on Canvas 36 H x 36 W x 1 in Private collection A Pilot House or Deckhouse is for a ship’s helmsman; containing the steering wheel, compass, and navigating equipment Vineyard Haven is the main port of entry to Martha’s Vineyard. The Steamship Authority wharf is located in…
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Jean-Pierre Kunkel, Pool No. 21 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #123
Jean-Pierre Kunkel, Germany Pool No. 21 Oil on Canvas 39.4 H x 39.4 W x 1.6 in Private collection Jean-Pierre Kunkel was born 1950 in France. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg (Germany). He worked for 40 years as a freelance advertising illustrator…
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