04 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #57

Charles Edward Dixon, 1872 - 1934

Greenwich , 1905

Watercolour heightened with bodycolour

20.5 x 27 cm

Private collection

Greenwich is located within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, to which it lends its name. Notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time. 

The town became a popular resort in the 18th century. The maritime connections of Greenwich were celebrated in the 20th century, with the siting of the Cutty Sark and Gipsy Moth IV next to the river front, and the National Maritime Museum in the former buildings of the Royal Hospital School in 1934. Greenwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created. More on Greenwich

Charles Edward Dixon (8 December 1872 - 12 September 1934) was a British maritime painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whose work was highly successful and regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy. Several of his paintings are held by the National Maritime Museum and he was a regular contributing artist to magazines and periodicals. He lived at Itchenor in Sussex and died in 1934. More on Charles Edward Dixon

Ralph Hedley, (British, 1851-1913)

Working on the Tyne, Newcastle, 1905

Oil on canvas

40-1/2 x 50 inches (102.9 x 127 cm)

Private collection

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The city developed around the Roman settlement Pons Aelius and was named after the castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 14th century, and later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the River Tyne, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship-repairing centres. More on Newcastle

Ralph Hedley (31 December 1848 – 14 June 1913) was a realist painter, woodcarver and illustrator, best known for his paintings portraying scenes of everyday life in the North East of England.

Born in Gilling West near Richmond, North Yorkshire, Ralph and his parents moved to Newcastle upon Tyne around 1850, on the wave of industrial opportunity. Aged about 13, he was apprenticed to Thomas Tweedy in his carving workshops, simultaneously studying art and design at the 'Government school' in Newcastle, and attending evening classes at the Life School under William Bell Scott. At the age of 14 he was awarded a bronze medal by government's Department of Art and Science.

After concluding his apprenticeship, Hedley established a successful woodcarving business, whilst also producing lithographs for the local press and taking every opportunity to work as an artist. He had the first of many paintings accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1879. Joining with Henry Hetherington Emmerson and Robert Jobling, they founded the Bewick Club which encouraged and exhibited the work of the local artists of the North East, staging the first exhibition in 1884. More on Ralph Hedley

Charles Malfroy, (French, 1862-1951)

Vue de Martigues

Oil on canvas

24 x 36-1/4 inches (61.0 x 92.1 cm)

Private collection

Martigues is a commune northwest of Marseilles. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte.

Nicknamed the "Provençale Venice", Martigues is a point of passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Martigues, close to the Côte d'Azur. More on Martigues

Charles Malfroy, (French, 1862-1951) was an accomplished French artist who specialized in coastal, marine and landscape painting. He was born in Lyon on the 27th March 1862 and was the father of noted marine artist Henry Malfroy (1895-1942). After completing his formal art training at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Malfroy embarked on his artistic career with exhibitions at the Salon in Lyon beginning in 1881.             

Charles Malfroy was an impressionist painter in the manner of important Marseille artist, John Baptiste Olive.  He was the observer of effects of light rendered with both freshness and decision combined with a subtle use of colour. 

Charles Malfroy is in the post-impressionist lineage of Jean-Baptiste Olive . Attracted by the light of the Mediterranean ports, he excels in views of the Côte d'Azur and Bouches-du-Rhône , in particular the port of Martigues . He also painted some paintings of Venice. More on Charles Malfroy

Joaquín Sorolla, 1863 - 1923, SPANISH

TARDE TORMENTOSA (STORMY AFTERNOON), b. 1904

Oil on canvas

48 by 78cm., 19 by 30¾in.

Private collection

Beneath a leaden sky, fishing boats lie grounded on the sand. Either it is the end of the day and the fisherman are preparing to go home, or the day's fishing has been called off due to the rough sea. One of a series of increasingly spontaneous scenes of the beach at Valencia, the freedom of execution and liveliness of spirit that the work exhibits are qualities that go to the heart of Sorolla's aesthetic and account for the artist's enduring popularity. More on this painting

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the sunlight of his native land. More on Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

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