01 Painting - Marine Art, C. F. Sørensen's Navy with a convoy of Danish warships, With Footnotes, #320

C. F. Sørensen (b. Samsø 1818, d. Copenhagen 1879)

 A convoy of Danish warships, c. 1873

Oil on canvas

41×63.5 cm.

Private collection

Danish warships may have been part of convoys during wartime or in other conflicts. Convoys are groups of ships that travel together, often protected by larger or more heavily armed ships...

Carl Frederik Sørensen (8 February 1818, Besser, Samsø – 24 January 1879, Copenhagen) was a Danish artist who specialized in marine painting. His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of St Petersburg, London and Athens.

Sørensen attended the Danish Academy from 1843 to 1846. He took part in the decoration of the Thorvaldsen Museum in 1844. He studied perspective under Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg at the end of 1845. In 1846, he travelled to the Mediterranean, in 1853–54 he visited Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England. Almost every year he went on sea voyages. He took a special interest in the weather and its effects on the sea, developing his own recognizable style. He also painted more idyllic scenes, full of charm and atmosphere. His seascapes won him widespread popularity, especially those he painted under the First Schleswig War when he sailed with the Navy around Helgoland (1849) and in the Baltic (1850) where he depicted the Danish fleet in combat. More on Carl Frederik Sørensen

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02 Marine Paintings, Richard Hayley Lever's Fishing Boats at St. Ives, With Footnotes, #324

Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958)

Fishing Boats at St. Ives

Watercolor and gouache on paper

11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (28.5 x 36.7 cm)

Private collection

Sold for $950 USD in April 2023

St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times, it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis, and the town is now primarily a popular seaside resort. St Ives has also become renowned for its number of artists. More on St Ives

Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958)

Gloucester Fishing Schooners

Watercolor on paper

15 3/8 x 19 3/4 in. (39.0 x 50.0 cm)

Private collection

Sold for $4,500 in May 2022

The Gloucester fishing schooner, 123 feet, 3 inches over all, is one of the few remaining vessels of her type in the USA. They fished the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and Georges Bank outside of Cape Cod and were some of the fastest and ablest fishing vessels in the world. More on The Gloucester fishing schooner

Richard Hayley Lever, (b Adelaide, Australia 1876; d Mount Vernon, New Hampshire 1958) Australian-born American painter. In 1900 Hayley Lever traveled to England to study art, and shortly thereafter studied at the Academie Julian in Paris where Van Gogh was a major influence. Around 1912 Lever moved to America and began gaining wide recognition as an important artist. Lever is known for his marine scenes, and once in America he maintained a studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts to paint coastal life. From 1919 to 1931 Lever taught at the Art Students League New York City; and in 1933 was made full Academician at the National Academy in New York City. In 1935 Lever became the director of the Studio Arts Club in Mount Vernon, New York. During his lifetime he was awarded numerous medals for his artistic achievements including gold and silver from the National Academy. More on Richard Hayley Lever

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01 Marine Painting, Joseph Milne's Tayport, With Footnotes, #324

Joseph Milne (British, 1857-1911)

Tayport, c. 1891

Oil on canvas

30.5 x 45.7 cm. (12 x 18 in.)

Private collection

Sold for £956.25 in May 2022

Tayport, also known as Ferry-Port on Craig, is a town and burgh, and parish, in the county of Fife, Scotland, acting as a commuter town for Dundee.

Tayport lies close to the north east tip of Fife. To the north it looks across the River Tay to Broughty Ferry and Broughty Castle. To the east is the vast Tentsmuir Nature Reserve, an area of forested dunes measuring some 3 km from east to west and 6 km from north to south and edged by wide sands that continue all the way round to the mouth of the River Eden. More on Tayport

Joseph (Joe) Milne (1857-1911) was born in Edinburgh in 1857, the elder brother of the painter William Watt Milne (1869-1949) and the father of John Maclauchlan Milne (1886-1957) qv. He painted mainly in oils, but occasionally in watercolours, producing land and seascapes which were notable for their strong, bright tones. When working in watercolour, he made free use of bodycolour. Although he lived much of his life in Edinburgh, he worked for a time in Dundee and also in Ayrshire. He exhibited extensively at both the Royal Scottish Academy, from 1877 until 1902 and the Glasgow Institute from 1880-1902; he also had 7 works shown in London, at the RA between 1887 and 1908. Early titles often had a genre content. Favourite subjects were the coasts of Scotland and working rivers, particularly “The Silvery Tay”. Joseph Milne died in Edinburgh in 1911, at the age of 53. More on Joseph (Joe) Milne

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01 Marine Painting, William Bradley Lamond's Carting Seaweed, With Footnotes, #323

William Bradley Lamond (1857–1924)

Carting Seaweed, c. 1906

Oil on canvas

H 35.9 x W 53.7 cm

Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection

William Bradley Lamond RBA (1857–1924) was a Scottish painter, born at Newtyle, Angus. He had no formal art training and worked for the Caledonian Railway company for many years. He initially specialised in portraits and later worked on landscapes which have been described as "vigorous impressionistic scenes in oil – with a strong use of colour". He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1906, and exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy and Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. More on William Bradley Lamond

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01 Marine Painting, Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen's La Champagne, With Footnotes, #322

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921)

La Champagne, c. 1890

Oil on canvas

22 x 36 1/8 in. (55.9 x 91.8 cm.)

Private collection

Sold for  $8,500 USD in May 2022

The La Champagne was a French steel steamer commissioned in 1885 by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) in St. Nazaire alongside her sister ships La Bourgogne, La Bretagne, and La Gascogne. These four steamers would service CGT's route between Le Havre and New York. La Champagne was built to accommodate 390 first class, 65 second class, and 600 third class passengers and could travel at speeds of up to 17 knots. She was launched on May 15th, 1885 and approximately a year later in May 1886 departed Le Havre, France on her maiden voyage to New York, running this route until 1905.

 In 1898, she made headlines with both the American and French press when alarmingly she was a week late arriving to New York and presumed missing. She was eventually discovered adrift at sea with 464 souls on board in desperate need of assistance. 

In the present work, Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen depicts the La Champagne in all her glory traversing across a stormy Atlantic ocean. The strong winds of the storm overhead have ripped two of her sails from their masts and tangled the one nearest her bow. Not only does La Champagne battle harsh winds, but the waves are so treacherous that they've reached her top decks taking with them one of her lifeboats. Despite these terrifying conditions, La Champagne and her crew push forward hopeful to arrive safely to port. Jacobsen has not only depicted in painstaking detail the likeness of one of France's most distinguished liners at the turn of the century, but masterfully created a scene filled with excitement and suspense. More on this painting

Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (November 2, 1850 – February 2, 1921) was a Danish-born American maritime artist known as the "Audubon of Steam Vessels". He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where he attended the Royal Academy of Design before heading across the Atlantic Ocean. He arrived in the United States in August 1873 and settled in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey), across the Hudson River from Manhattan and New York Harbor. Jacobsen got his start painting pictures of ships on safes, and as his reputation grew, he was asked to do portraits of ships by their owners, captains and crew members, with many of his works sold for five dollars.

Jacobsen painted more than 6,000 portraits of sail and steam vessels, making him "the most prolific of marine artists". Many of his commissions came from sea captains, and Jacobsen was chosen both for the accuracy of his work and his low fee. More Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen

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01 Work, Marine Art, Barry Hilton's Sleeping Galleons, With Footnotes, #316

Barry Hilton, (b. 1941)

Sleeping Galleons

Oil on canvas

L 64cm x W 90cm

Private collection

A traditionally serene example of Barry Hilton’s marine artworks, often depicting large Galleons of the 18th century in a similarly traditional style. The artwork conveys a tranquil tone with a mysterious tone that underlies the large scale oil on canvas. Barry’s dark and earthy tones and muted palette convey an eeriness that he seamlessly captures in the overarching tone and dark atmosphere. More on this painting

Barry Hilton was born 1941 in Manchester UK. Whilst having no formal training, he moved to Cornwall in 1979 where the experience of working alongside a group of extremly active artists helped in the development of his artistic abilities. His love of nostalgia which he captures in his paintings of Gas Light Streets and Marine scenes are much sought after and are well represented in privat galleries throughout the UK.

Drawing inspiration from the land and the Northwest coastal regions with regular visits to Cornwall where he lived for 3 years, he paints in style which he has perfected over a number of years with finely painted skies in sharp contrast with a heavy textured foregrounds.

Colour is used more as a tool with which to interpret a scene, these can vary from vibrant reds and yellows, to almost apocalyptic greys, indigo blues and dark greens. The work does not duplicate the actual colours of the landscape, but rather conveys the creative imagination of a genuine and artistic talent.

Barry says: “I still operate on the less is more principle. My subject matter of coastal and interior countryside is largely derived from where I live but I am now making trips to very different areas, recently back to Cornwall, and the Yorkshire Dales which will he believes will lead him into a more abstract approach to his paintings. More on Barry Hilton

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03 Marine Works, Aiden Lassell Ripley's Scrubbing the Hull, With Footnotes, #321

Aiden Lassell Ripley

Scrubbing the Hull, c. 1928

Watercolor

5 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.

Private collection

Sold for  $3,500.00 in May 2019

AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEY, (American, 1896-1969)

Sailboats, Low Tide, c. 1928

Watercolor

15 5/8 x 19 1/2 in

Private collection

Sold for $3,750.00 in May 2019

AIDEN LASSELL RIPLEY, (American, 1896-1969)
Ladies on a Pier
Watercolor
18 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.,

Private collection

Estimate for $3,000 - $5,000 in May 2019

An outdoorsman as well as a painter, Aiden Lassell Ripley was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts in 1897. He trained briefly at the Fenway School of Illustration before joining the Army in 1917. On his return he studied at the Boston Museum School under Frank Benson and Philip Hale. An avid conservationist, he became well-known for his sporting and wildlife scenes. By painting and drawing en plein-air in the landscape and environment that he loved, his work has a freshness and spontaneity that surpasses most of his contemporaries. At six foot two inches tall with his cowboy hat and hunting coat, 'Old Rip' was a familiar sight around the woods of his native New England. 'You couldn't stop him from hunting, fishing and painting', recalled a Boston Museum School classmate. Amongst his best known commissions were a mural for the Winchester, Massachusetts Public Library and a mural at the Lexington Post Office. He died in 1961 and his work is represented in a number of important institutional collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Art and the Chicago Art Institute. More on Aiden Lassell Ripley

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01 Marine Work, Henry Scott's Night watch - Foochow, With Footnotes #323

Henry Scott (British, 1911-2005)

Night Watch - Foochow

Oil on canvas

24 x 36in (61 x 91.4cm)

Private collection

Sold for US$14,025 in May 2022

Fuzhou, alternately Romanised as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong (lit. Eastern Fujian) linguistic and cultural area.

Henry Scott F.R.S.A, 1911-2005, British, was a painter of marines and coastal subjects strongly associated with the Royal Society of Artists. As well as painting lucrative shipping portraits for some of his wealthy clientele, he also executed a number of works of British and American clippers. His works have often been confused with those of Montague Dawson. Scott worked in a similar way to that of Dawson and captured a wonderful freshness and feel of immediacy. Scott’s palette is striking, with all surfaces and elements observed, capturing every movement in full flow. His sails are nearly always bellowed with a good stiff breeze, which is further emphasised by the spray of the water being wisped across the top of the choppy seas. Particularly notable are his skies which move the subject helping the canvas feel alive. In 1970 Scott was commissioned to paint ‘Morning Cloud’ which was skippered and owned by the then Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Edward Heath, P.C., M.B.E., M.P.. Scott exhibited at the Society of Marine Artists; The Royal Exchange, London; The Guildhall, London and The Royal Academy. He also exhibited at the St. Malo Museum, France and at Madison Square in New York. He was honoured as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and awarded an honorary Life Member ‘Cape Homers’ by the International Association of Master Mariners. More on Henry Scott

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01 Marine Work, Werner Drewes' Maine Harbor, With Footnotes, #322

Werner Drewes, (German/American, 1899-1985)

Maine Harbor, c. 1953

Oil on canvas

23 x 30 in., frame: 24 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.

Private collection

Sold for $7,500.00 in May 2019

Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. His mature style encompassed both nonobjective and figurative work and the emotional content of this work was consistently more expressive than formal. Drewes was as highly regarded for his printmaking as for his painting. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was largely responsible for bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. More on Werner Drewes

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01 Marine Work, George Savary Wasson's Seascape with Ships, With Footnotes, #319

George Savary Wasson (American, 1855-1926)

Seascape with Ships

Oil on canvas

17 x 24 in.

Private collection

Sold for $800.00 in May 2019

George Savary Wasson 1855-1932; was from a shipbuilding and seafaring family in Brooksville, Maine, George Wasson's father was a prominent Transcendentalist minister whose church was that of Thoreau and Emerson. His grandfather and uncle built and owned ships. From 1873- 1875, when his father went to Germany to study religion, Wasson studied art.

On his return from Germany, Wasson studied with J. Foxcroft Cole, a prominent Boston landscape artist and set up a studio. In 1876, together with his friend George Hatch, he modeled and built Gulnare, the first of his four boats. His last, the sloop Wave Crest is owner by the museum.

He became friendly with a number of Boston / Maine families, including the Bowditchs who eventually gave most of Isle au Haut to the nation.

In 1885, Wasson married Amelia Webb of Deer Isle, and moved to Kittery Point in 1888. In 1916, after losing both of their sons, the Wassons moved to Bangor.

Failing sight apparently curtailed his painting career. About 1900, he began writing vernacular stories of the Maine coast. These were published in magazines and collected into books. As a recorder of Maine coastal language, he ranks with Sarah Orne Jewett and Roland E. Robinson. More on George Savary Wasson

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01 Marine Work, William Edward Norton's Marine View, With Footnotes, #318

William Edward Norton (American, 1843-1916)

Marine View, c. 1877

Oil on canvas

16 x 24 in., frame: 26 1/4 x 34 1/4 in.

Private collection

Sold for $2,500.00 in May 2019

William Edward Norton (1843-1916), American. Born in Boston to a New England family of shipbuilders, Norton's interest in ships led him initially to a career at sea. After his sea service, he enrolled at both Harvard Medical School and the Lowell Institute, where his interest in art led him to study under the master American landscape painter, George Inness.

Later opening a studio in Boston, Norton enjoyed immediate success. From the sale of his paintings he financed further art studies in Europe. While painting in London, he found wide acceptance in many of the major European galleries, including the Paris salon, the most prestigious venue for an artist of his day to exhibit. He was awarded an honorable mention by the salon in 1900.

Returning to America he continued to receive strong recognition, representing the United States at the International Exposition of 1900 and winning the coveted Osorne Prize for marine painting in 1905 & 1906. Today, this important American artist's work continues to attract connoisseurs of quality marine paintings in both Europe and America. More William Edward Norton

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