Montague Dawson, 1890 - 1973
FULL SAIL, SUNSET , circa 1950
oil on canvas
71 by 127cm., 28 by 50in
Private collection
Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British
painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict
sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Montague was the son of a keen yachtsman and the grandson of the marine painter
Henry Dawson (1811–1878), born
in Chiswick, London. Much of his childhood was spent on Southampton Water where
he was able to indulge his interest in the study of ships. For a brief period
around 1910 Dawson worked for a commercial art studio in Bedford Row, London,
but with the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Royal Navy. Whilst
serving with the Navy in Falmouth he met Charles Napier Hemy (1841–1917), who considerably influenced his
work. In 1924 Dawson was the official artist for an Expedition to the South
Seas by the steam yacht St.George. During the expedition he provided
illustrated reports to the Graphic magazine.
After the
War, Dawson established himself as a professional marine artist, concentrating
on historical subjects and portraits of deep-water sailing ships. During the
Second World War, he was employed as a war artist. Dawson exhibited regularly
at the Royal Society of Marine Artists, of which he became a member, from 1946
to 1964, and occasionally at the Royal Academy between 1917 and 1936. By the
1930s he was considered one of the greatest living marine artists, whose
patrons included two American Presidents, Dwight D Eisenhower and Lyndon B
Johnson, as well as the British Royal Family. Also in the 1930s, he moved to
Milford-Upon-Sea in Hampshire, living there for many years. Dawson is noted for
the strict accuracy in the nautical detail of his paintings which often sell
for six figures.
The work of Montague Dawson is represented in
the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth. More on
Montague Dawson
WILLIAM CLARK, (scottish 1803-1883)
"THE FINISHING GUN - A REGATTA OF THE ROYAL CLYDE YACHT CLUB", c. 1865'
Oil on canvas
11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1cm)
Private collection
The Royal Northern Yacht Club is believed to have been the first British yachting club to receive a royal charter, in 1830. The club was founded to organise and encourage the sport, and by 1825 Scottish and Irish clubs were racing against each other on the Clyde. However, yachting and yacht building didn't really take off until the middle of the 19th century. The Clyde Model Yacht Club was inaugurated in 1856, receiving its royal charter in 1863, and the two clubs dominated the Scottish yachting scene at that time. In 1886 the Royal Northern yacht Galatea challenged for the America's Cup and the following year it was the turn of Thistle from the Royal Clyde. More on Royal Clyde Yacht Club
He was born in Greenock, near Glasgow, and lived there all his life. His father was a seaman, later a customs officer, and Clark was at first apprenticed to a house painter but established himself as an artist in 1830. In 1835 he was invited to paint the regatta of the Royal Northern Yacht Club and was in 1838 elected to membership of the club. It has been said that he "was fortunate to live during the heyday of Clyde shipbuilding when commissions from owners and masters ensured a steady supply of work, enabling Clark to spend his career in his native town without having to seek patrons elsewhere". More on William Clark
Léon Lhermitte, 1844 - 1925, FRENCH
LE MARCHÉ AUX POISSONS, ST. MALO
Pastel on paper
51 by 40cm., 20 by 15¾in.
Private collection
Léon Augustin Lhermitte (31 July 1844,
Mont-Saint-Père – 28 July 1925, Paris) was a French realist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter
was rural scenes depicting peasants at work. He was a student of Lecoq de Boisbaudran,
he gained recognition after his show in the Paris Salon in 1864.
His many
awards include the French Legion of Honour (1884) and the Grand Prize at the
Exposition Universelle in 1889.
Lhermitte’s
innovative use of pastels won him the admiration of his contemporaries. Vincent
van Gogh wrote that "If every month Le Monde Illustré published one of his
compositions ... it would be a great pleasure for me to be able to follow it.
It is certain that for years I have not seen anything as beautiful as this
scene by Lhermitte ... I am too preoccupied by Lhermitte this evening to be
able to talk of other things."
Lhermitte is represented in the collections of
museums around the world, including Amsterdam, Boston, Brussels, Chicago,
Florence, Montreal, Moscow, Paris, Rheims, and Washington. More on Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Paul Fischer, 1860-1934, DANISH
BATHERS ON THE BEACH, FALSTERBO
Oil on canvas
55.5 by 39.5cm., 21¾ by 15½in.
Falsterbo is a town located at the south-western tip of Sweden in Vellinge Municipality in Skåne. Falsterbo is situated in the southern part of the Falsterbo peninsula, one of Sweden's historical cities.
During the Middle Ages, it was a rich and prestigious town because it was located in a center of trade and herring fishery. On the beach between Falsterbo and neighboring town Skanör was the Scania Market where merchants from various parts of Europe had fixed market places. They say that you used to be able to scoop the herring out of the sea with your hat at Falsterbo. These days, the only scooping is for ice cream. It’s the sand that draws the Stockholm smart set to this fishtail-shaped peninsula. More on Falsterbo
Paul Gustav Fischer, (1860–1934)
Sunbathing in the Dunes, c. 1916
Oil on canvas
58 × 75 cm (22.8 × 29.5 in)
Private collection
Paul Gustav Fischer (22 July 1860 in Copenhagen – 1 May 1934 in Gentofte) was a Danish painter. Fischer belongs to the fourth generation of Fischers to live in Denmark. His family originally came from Poland. The family was upper middle class; Paul's father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers.
Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father. It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists. His earlier paintings depict city life. For this reason, he has been called "Copenhagen's painter" or "Københavns maler". After a stay in Paris from 1891–1895, his colours became richer and lighter. It was not long before Fischer gained fame as a painter of cities, not just Copenhagen, but scenes from Scandinavia, Italy and Germany, reaching his zenith between 1890 and 1910. Around this time, he also painted bright, sunny bathing scenes, some with nude women, and developed an interest in posters, inspired by Théophile Steinlen and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. More on Paul Gustav Fischer
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