Marine Art: May 2019

01 Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #18e

EMILE ALBERT GRUPPE, American (1896-1978)

Gloucester Dock Workers

Oil on canvas

19 5/8 x 23 3/4 inches

Private Collection

Gloucester Quays is located next to the beautiful Historic Docks of Gloucester – one of the UK’s most inland Shipping Ports and one of Gloucester’s busiest tourist attractions. Filled with Victorian Architecture, Gloucester Docks is the perfect place to enjoy interesting views and learn about Gloucester’s History.

The Ship Canal was opened in 1827 and allowed boats to bypass a particularly winding part of the River Severn, thus making Gloucester an Inland Port. At its busiest, the Docks would have been full of narrow boats, sailing ships, steam ships and barges. In more recent years it has been featured in lots of major films, including Alice Through the Looking Glass and Amazing Grace. More on Gloucester Quays

Emile Albert Gruppé (1896–1978) was an American painter born in Rochester, New York to Helen and Charles P. Gruppé. He lived the early years of his life in the Netherlands as his father Charles Paul Gruppe, painted with the Hague school of art and acted as a dealer for the Dutch painters in the US. The family returned permanently to the states around 1913 when rumblings of World War I were brewing. All of Emile’s siblings established themselves in the arts.

Although Gruppe is best known for his variety of impressionistic landscapes, he also painted figures and portraits. His modern style was largely inherited from the French Impressionist Monet.

Gruppe's paintings are often seen in major auction galleries, such as Sotheby's, Christies, and Skinners. More on Emile Albert Gruppé

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01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #18d

James Edward Buttersworth, (British/American, 1817-1894)

The American clipper ship Black Warrior outward bound

Oil on canvas

29 x 36 in. (73.6 x 90.4 cm.)

Private Collection

The 'Black Warrior' was a medium clipper ship launched late in 1853 from the yard Austin & Co., Damariscotta, Maine and immediately purchased by William Wilson and Son of Baltimore for $90,000. The Black Warrior was 234 feet in length, 42.5 feet in breadth, 23 feet in draft and the weight was 1828 tons. Captain Murphy was the captain until the vessel was sold. The first voyage of Black Warrior was from New York to London then on to Australia. The vessel continued on to South America and arrived back in New York June 23, 1855. Black Warrior sailed for San Francisco September 6, 1855 making the passage in 124 days and then went on to Hong Kong. In 1862, Black Warrior was sold to James Baines & Co. and went under the British flag as the City of Melbourne. More on Black Warrior

James Edward Buttersworth (1817–1894) was an English painter who specialized in maritime art, and is considered among the foremost American ship portraitists of the nineteenth century. His paintings are particularly known for their meticulous detail, dramatic settings, and grace in movement.

Buttersworth was born in London, England in 1817, to a family of maritime artists, and studied painting with his father, Thomas Buttersworth Jr., who was also noted for the genre. He moved to the United States around 1845, and settled in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now Union City, New Jersey), and also maintained a Brooklyn studio in 1854. He returned to England in 1851 for the Race for the Hundred Pound Cup that took place on 22 August 1851. His sketches and paintings of that yachting competition provide the definitive record of events in that benchmark season of sailing.

Buttersworth’s paintings of the 1893 Vigilant vs. Valkyrie II Cup match, done one year before his death, completed the chronicling of America's Cup races by oil painting just before the advent of successful photographic imagery. He was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1999. About 600 of his pieces survive today, which are found in private collections and museums all over the United States. More on James Edward Buttersworth

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01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #165

Henry Scott, (British, 1911-2005)

The clipper ship Ben Nevis in heavy seas

Oil on canvas

14 x 20in (35.6 x 50.8cm)

Private collection

The Ben Nevis was an iron fullrigged ship built in 1868 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 218'0"×34'6"×21'0" and 1109 GRT, 1061 NRT and 999 tons under deck. The forecastle was 36 feet long and the poop 46 feet.

The Ben Nevis, built in 1868, was one of the new clippers at the time which were much faster than older ships. “The clippers were large and speedy three-decked ships with tall, raked masts and slender, fine hulls with a large freeboard area that enabled them to plough through heavy seas when other ships were forced to heave to.”

It was set on fire and abandoned in the Atlantic after having been dis-masted. The crew was taken off by the steam ship Dungeness and landed at Penzance.

Henry Scott (British, 1911–2005) was a British painter known for portraying historic British and American Clipper ships in full sail. Born in 1911 in the United Kingdom, Scott quickly became acquainted with several sea captains through his quest to accurately depict ships at sea. He focused particularly on the atmosphere evoked by the ocean and the movement of the vessels, giving his paintings an overall dynamic and realistic effect. Scott was also made an honorary member of the International Association of Master Mariners, the title a token of respect for his passion for nautical history. He died in 2005 at the age of 89 in the United Kingdom. More on Henry Scott

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01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #162

Granville Redmond, (1871-1935 California)

Seascape

Oil on canvas

17" H x 24" W

Private collection

Granville Seymour Redmond was born March 9, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died May 24, 1935 in Los Angeles, California. Redmond's family migrated from the East Coast to San Jose, California about 1874. As a result of becoming totally deaf at the age of two-and-one-half due to scarlet fever, he attended the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, California between 1879 to 1890.

His talent as an artist was recognized and encouraged early by his art instructor, and in 1890 Redmond enrolled at the California School of Design in San Francisco. He won the W. E. Brown medal of excellence, and in 1893 was awarded endowment funds that enabled him to continue his art studies at the Academie Julian in Paris.

In 1895 his huge painting "Matin d'hiver" was accepted at the Paris Salon. In 1898 Redmond moved to California, and in 1899, he married Carrie Ann Jean. The Redmonds decided to make California their home.

Deeply inspired by the California landscape, Redmond painted primarily coastal landscapes. By 1905 Redmond had become widely recognized as a leading California landscape painter, known for his impressionist landscapes of Northern and Southern California. Redmond showed a remarkable understanding of color and depth, always painting with sympathies to the delicate beauties of nature. More on Granville Seymour Redmond

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03 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #161

Martha Walter (20th C American)

Beach Scene

Oil on canvas

11.5" H x 15.5" W

Private collection

Martha Walter (20th C American)

Family Beach Scene

Oil on canvas

11.5" H x 15.5" W

Private collection

Martha Walter (20th C American)

Beach Scene

Oil on canvas

20" H x 24" W

Private collection

Martha Walter (March 19, 1875 – January 1976) was an American impressionist painter. A Philadelphia native, Walter studied art at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art from 1895–98 and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.[2] She was taught by William Merritt Chase. She won the school's Toppan Prize and Cresson Traveling Scholarship. In 1909 also she won the school's Mary Smith Prize for the best painting by a resident female artist. On her scholarship she traveled to Spain Italy, the Netherlands and France. In France she received tuition from Rene Menard and Lucien Simon at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

She went on to teach art at Chase's New York School of Art. More on Martha Walter

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01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #160

Ruth Mulvie, United Kingdom

Into the Blue

Oil on Canvas

39.4 H x 39.4 W x 2 in

Private collection

"One of the themes I often visit in my work is the seaside. This painting in particular was made after a visit to the beautiful Mediterranean island of Corsica with my mother. I love watching figures on the beach, the assorted shapes and sizes of the human form, a simple clear backdrop, and the striking contrasts of colours. My work is infused with a love of colour which sings through all of my paintings and in this one the focus is of blue, offset against the peachy pink tones of the child playing with the beach dog." Ruth Mulvie

Ruth Mulvie is a contemporary fine artist, known for her vivid palette and for the delightfully unexpected detail in her paintings. She graduated from the Glasgow School of Art and over the years comparisons have been made with Hockney. She cherishes that visceral connection that Kodachrome™ gives us with our past. That single moment frozen in time that one can look at forever. Old photographs are her initial inspiration for each new piece; a digital springboard atop which she dives into her latest delicious fantasy landscape. Mulvie’s colour choices yell and fizz. They quicken the heartbeat. Sherbet yellow next to candy pink or lime green besides turquoise, they all elevate the mood. In her paintings we are invited to join the most wonderful party or shared experience. Mulvie’s realms surprise and delight. Hers are playful, glamorous worlds with pure glee for oxygen. And in each we are granted a day in happy valley. At the heart of Mulvie’s pieces is the palpable joyfulness in her response to colour. She is at her happiest when mixing and combining paint, waiting for the thrill of the perfect shade. For her, colour is emotion, colour is memory, colour is her favourite place to be. And we are all invited. There’s no place like it. Julie Tellouche Of her own work Mulvie says: "I usually paint with oils and I dedicate a lot of time to the process of simply mixing and combining colours, hence the highly unique and distinctive palette you can see in my work. Things I love include classic beach scenes, 50’s America, vintage fashion, dancing girls, disco queens, dog walkers and more - a vast and varied array of subject matter I unite under the broad theme of “pleasure”." More on Ruth Mulvie

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01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #190

Henry A Martin, Amber, PA

USS LANCASTER, c. 1908

Handcolored

45/150, 20"h. 24"w.

Private collection

The first USS Lancaster was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War through the Spanish–American War.

The first Lancaster was laid down by the Philadelphia Navy Yard in December 1857; launched 20 October 1858; sponsored by Miss Harriet Lane, niece and official hostess of President James Buchanan; and commissioned 12 May 1859, Captain John Rudd in command.

The USS Lancaster departed Delaware Bay on 27 July 1859 for the Pacific. She reached Panama Bay on 6 December. Two days later hoisted the flag above Lancaster. She served as flagship of the Pacific Squadron until 1866.

In the spring of 1866, Lancaster received extensive repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard and on 27 June sailed from San Francisco, California for the east coast. She arrived Norfolk Navy Yard on 8 March 1867 and decommissioned on the 19th.

Recommissioned on 26 August 1869, Lancaster sailed for the South Atlantic via Funchal, Madeira. She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 6 January 1870 and served as flagship of the squadron until 1875. Lancaster departed Rio de Janeiro on 21 May 1875 for home.

Lancaster recommissioned on 26 August 1881 and on 12 September sailed from Portsmouth for Europe. She became flagship of the European Squadron. From 27 June – 20 July 1882 the flagship was at Alexandria, Egypt, during a series of riots. Acting under instructions from the Navy Department, Admiral Baldwin proceeded in Lancaster to Kronstadt, Russia, and on 27 May he and his staff attended the coronation of Tsar Alexander III at Moscow. More on the USS Lancaster

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