William Alexander Coulter, (1849-1936 Sausalito, CA)
Three Brothers Clipper Ship Outward Bound
Oil on canvas
24" H x 36" W
Private collection
The Three Brothers was originally built as the iron paddle-steamer Cornelius Vanderbilt and launched 1857 at Greenpoint, New York. In 1873 the vessel converted to a full-rigged clipper without machinery. She spent most of her time in the grain trade between San Francisco, Le Havre, Liverpool, and New York City where she acquired an enviable reputation for speed and handling. Most recently (1899), the vessel was a coal hulk at Gibraltar and was not broken up until 1929. More on Tree Brothers
William A. Coulter, born William
Alexander Coulter (March 7, 1849 – March 13, 1936), was an American painter of marine
subjects. Coulter was a native of Glenariff, County Antrim, in what is today
Northern Ireland. He became an apprentice seaman at the age of 13, and after
seven years at sea, came to settle in San Francisco in 1869. In the late 1870s,
he went to Europe to study with marine artists Vilhelm Melbye, François Musin,
and J. C. Jacobsen. In 1896, he joined the art staff of the San Francisco Call.
Between 1909 and 1920, he painted five 16-by-18-foot murals for the Assembly
Room of the Merchants Exchange Building. Coulter resided in the San Francisco
Bay Area until his death at the age of 87, in his Sausalito home. During the
course of his life, his paintings chronicled the history of shipping and
navigation in the San Francisco and San Pablo bays. More on William A. Coulter
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