Charles Edward Dixon, (British, 1872–1934) Title:
The white star liner "Cymric" steaming off the south coast of Ireland , 1918
Watercolor htnd w/ white
7.5 x 15 in. (19 x 38.1 cm.)
Private collection
White Star Line Cymric was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast in 1898. She saw "on and off" service as a passenger vessel and troop transport. She served as a troop transport during the Boer War in 1900 and then again in WWI. On May 8th 1916, she was sunk after being torpedoed three times by U-20, the same submarine that had sunk Lusitania a year earlier. Even after being hit by 3 torpedoes, it took Cymric 28 hours to sink. More on the White Star Line Cymric
Montague Dawson, British, 1890-1973
In Pursuit
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 1/8 inches (61 x 91.8 cm)
Private collection
Montague Dawson, British, 1890-1973
Silver Clouds: The J. N. Cushing of Newburyport, 671 Tons Built in 1853
Oil on canvas laid to panel
24 x 35 7/8 inches (61 x 91 cm)
Private collection
Nicholas Pocock
Early views of Bristol
Ink and watercolour over a printed base
each 24.1 x 36.9cm
Private collection
Nicholas Pocock (2 March 1740 – 9 March
1821) was a British artist
known for his many detailed paintings of naval battles during the age of sail.
Pocock was born in Bristol in 1740, the son of a seaman. He followed his
father's profession and was master of a merchant ship by the age of 26. During
his time at sea, he became a skilled artist by making ink and wash sketches of
ships and coastal scenes for his log books.
In 1778,
Pocock's employer, Richard Champion, became financially insolvent due to the
effects of the American Revolutionary War on transatlantic trade. As a result,
Pocock gave up the sea and devoted himself to painting. The first of his works
were exhibited by the Royal Academy in 1782. Later that year, Pocock was
commissioned to produce a series of paintings illustrating George Rodney's
victory at the Battle of the Saintes. In 1789, he moved to London, where his
reputation and contacts continued to grow. He was a favourite of Samuel Hood
and was appointed Marine Painter to King George.
In addition to his large-scale oil paintings
depicting naval battles, Pocock also produced many watercolours of coastal and
ship scenes. More on Nicholas Pocock
Thomas Bush Hardy
Off Scarborough , 1891
Watercolour
64.2 x 105.4cm
Private collection
Thomas Bush Hardy (1842, Sheffield
– 1897, Maida Vale, London) was a British marine painter and
watercolourist. As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy. In
1884 Hardy was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He
exhibited with the Society and also at the Royal Academy.
His paintings feature coastal scenes in England and the
Netherlands, the French Channel ports and the Venetian Lagoon.
Hardy had nine children. His son Dudley Hardy was a
painter, illustrator and poster designer. His daughter Dorothy received an MBE
after working as a nurse in the First World War. He died on 15 December 1897 in
Maida Vale, London. More on Thomas Bush
Hardy
Fritz Kempe (born December 30, 1898 in Leipzig , † November 18, 1971 in Dresden ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
From 1919 he took a degree at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Trade in Leipzig , including in the etching class of Alois Kolb . He then worked as an art teacher and bookbinder. In 1942 he received an appointment as a professor. During the war, much of his work was destroyed. From 1952 he settled in Dresden. He was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .
Kempe participated in GDR art exhibitions in Dresden in 1953 and 1962. His drawings, etchings and lithographs often show fishermen and coastal landscapes. More on Fritz Kempe
Prof. Fritz Kempe, (1898 Leipzig to 1971 Dresden),
Curonian fishermen
Oil on canvas
79 x 90.5 cm
Private collection
The Curonians or Kurs were a Baltic tribe living on the shores of the Baltic Sea in what are now the western parts of Latvia and Lithuania from the 5th to the 16th centuries, when they merged with other Baltic tribes. They gave their name to the region of Courland, and spoke the Old Curonian language. Curonian lands were conquered by the Livonian Order in 1266 and they eventually merged with other Baltic tribes. More on The Curonians
From 1919 he took a degree at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Trade in Leipzig , including in the etching class of Alois Kolb . He then worked as an art teacher and bookbinder. In 1942 he received an appointment as a professor. During the war, much of his work was destroyed. From 1952 he settled in Dresden. He was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .
Kempe participated in GDR art exhibitions in Dresden in 1953 and 1962. His drawings, etchings and lithographs often show fishermen and coastal landscapes. More on Fritz Kempe
Clarence A. Gagnon, R.C.A. (1881-1942)
"Plage de St. Enogat, Bretagne, France", c. 1908
Oil on panel
4.3/4" x 7.1/8"
Private collection
Clarence A. Gagnon, R.C.A. (1881-1942) was a painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator who was born in Montreal on November 8, 1881. From 1897 to 1900, Gagnon studied drawing and painting at the Art Association of Montreal. In 1904, Gagnon left for Paris to work in the studio of Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian. He was able to distinguished himself early in his career by the fine quality of his engravings. Gagnon won a gold medal at the St. Louis Exhibition in 1904 and an honourable mention at the Salon des artistes français in Paris in 1905. From 1909 to 1914, Gagnon moved between Canada, France, and Norway; always working up the sketches he had made in Quebec.
Gagnon became a member of the Royal Society of Canada and in 1910, became an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and a full member in 1922. In 1923, he received the Trevor Prize of the Salmagundi Club of New York. Between 1924 and 1936, Gagnon spent time in Paris and traveled throughout Europe. It was during this period that he illustrated a number of books. Upon his return to Quebec in 1936, the Université de Montréal awarded him an honorary doctorate. More on Clarence A. Gagnon
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