02 Marine Paintings - Arthur Quartley's At Sea, with Footnotes, #368

Arthur Quartley, (American, 1839-1886)

At Sea

Oil on canvas laid on board

17-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches (45.1 x 29.8 cm)

Private collection

Arthur Quartley (American, 1839-1886)

A coastal scene with men piloting boats on a turbulent sea and a town in the distance

Oil on wood panel

10 x 8in

Private collection

Arthur Quartley (May 24, 1839 – May 19, 1886) was an American painter known for his marine seascapes.

Quartley was born in Paris and lived there to the age of twelve, when his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. He studied drawing with his father Frederick William Quartley, who was an English engraver. At age 17, Arthur was apprenticed to a sign painter in Baltimore.

In 1862 Quartley began painting marine seascapes of Chesapeake Bay, and progressively spent more and more time in that pursuit. 

Quartley moved to New York City in 1875. New York at that time had become a premier center for notable painters. From there he painted seascapes of Long Island bays, New York Harbor, the New Hampshire Isle of Shoals, and Naragansett Bay in Rhode Island.

Quartley was a founding member of The Tilers; a group of artists and writers They met frequently to exchange ideas and decorate ceramic tiles in promotion of their works. They also took excursions for painting, such as the 1878 pilgrimage to Eastern Long Island by Quartley and ten others. The journalist and philanthropist John W. McCoy promoted the careers of Quartley and of his friend, the sculptor William H. Rinehart.

In the year 1876 Quartley was elected to the National Academy. Quartley's prominence during his lifetime is illustrated by his inclusion as one of 68 painters in the publication American Painters (1880). More on Quartley

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