01 Marine Painting - Johan Tirén's Return of the Fishermen, with Footnotes, #385

Johan Tirén, (1853-1911)

Return of the Fishermen

Oil on canvas

81 x 65 cm.

Private collection

Sold for 5,300 USD in June 2020

Johan Tirén (12 October 1853, Själevad - 24 August 1911, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter who specialized in scenes of the rural life in Northern Sweden.

He originally attended the Tekniska skolan in Stockholm then spent the years 1877 to 1880 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, where he won a Royal Medal in 1880. 

After studying in Norrland in 1881, he was able to obtain a scholarship and used it to make a study trip; visiting the Netherlands, Belgium, Paris and Upper Bavaria. While in Rome, he received orders from the Academy Director to begin studies in Munich. Instead he returned to Paris and studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme, but found himself uninspired to paint by what he saw there. When his travel allowance was not extended, he settled in Jämtland, where he painted landscapes and scenes from the lives of the Sami people. More on Johan Tirén

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01 Marine Painting - Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée's Bringing in the catch, with Footnotes #383

Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée, (DUTCH, 1837-1904)

Bringing in the catch

Oil on canvas

81 x 130.5cm (31 7/8 x 51 3/8in)

Private collection

Estimated for £30,000 - £50,000 in June 2020

Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée (7 February 1837 The Hague – 14 December 1904 The Hague) was an artist who belonged to the Hague School.

Sadée started painting at the age of 20. He studied in The Hague both at the Academy and in the studio of J E J van den Berg (1802–1861). In 1866 with his fellow student Julius van de Sande Bakhuyzen. Sadée travelled to Düsseldorf where he studied for some months. He began painting biblical scenes and history paintings and later he focused on daily life. In Scheveningen he came into contact with the fisherman's life. Here he was fascinated with the beach and the dunes, which were a source of inspiration for him. Typical of Sadée are the bright colors.

Sadée travelled widely, he painted in the Pas de Calais and travelled in France, Germany, Belgium and Italy. Sadée exhibited in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague in the years 1853–1903, and was elected to the Arte et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. He taught at the Academy in The Hague and numbered Hendrikus M. Horrix (1845–1923) amongst his pupils. More on Philip Lodewijk Jacob Frederik Sadée

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01 Marine Painting - Newell Convers Wyeth's The Raft of Odysseus, with Footnotes #381

Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945)

The Raft of Odysseus (Neptune Battles with Odysseus), c. 1929

Oil on canvas

48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm.)

Private collection

Sold for USD 425,000 in May 2016

A vivid jewel tone palette covers much of the canvas, with striking turquoises, emeralds and violets applied in brushwork that suggests movement in both the intense swelling of the sea and storm clouds swarming above. The ominous dark clouds are a stark contrast to the white foam of the wave that looms over Odysseus. The composition echoes Pyle’s teachings as well; Odysseus, the main protagonist in the story, is in the foreground as he clings to the raft with its broken mast jutting out from the water, while Neptune is positioned at a diagonal that continues from Odysseus through the wave to the upper right. The result of Wyeth’s adept work in The Raft of Odysseus (Neptune Battles with Odysseus) is a powerful image that brings to life for readers the mythical drama of this significant piece of literature. More on this painting

Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945), known as N. C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He was the pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators. During his lifetime, Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books, 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the work for which he is best known. The first of these, Treasure Island, was one of his masterpieces and the proceeds paid for his studio. Wyeth was a realist painter at a time when the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly. Wyeth, who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908, "Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other."

He is the father of Andrew Wyeth and the grandfather of Jamie Wyeth, both well-known American painters. More on Newell Convers Wyeth

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01 Marine Painting - Raoul Dufy's THE PIER IN LE HAVRE, with Footnotes, #379

Raoul Dufy, 1877 - 1953,

THE PIER IN LE HAVRE, circa 1924-25.

Oil on canvas

65.1 x 81 cm; 25⅝ x 31⅞ in.

Private collection

Sold for 200,000 EUR in June 2020

In 1885, the Florentine father named Guéroult installed the Bains de la Falaise on the current site of the regatta palace. The establishment was very popular with residents. They took advantage of beach huts, canvas tents and the pier that allowed high tide to reach the sea without stepping on the pebbles. The Sainte-Adresse pier was a source of inspiration for many painters at the start of the 20th century. 

Raoul Dufy was born in Le Havre, a city that remained a constant source of inspiration for his painting. While he continued to paint the harbour and its activity between 1900 and 1904, Dufy also began showing interest in seaside recreation as early as 1901. The busy pier with people strolling out to the sea remained a focus of his work until the 1920s. While the early versions on this subject are marked by lively strokes similar to certain works by Boudin, Dufy soon turned his attention to the geometry of wood constructions, the shapes of which could be conveyed by variations in colour. More on this painting

Raoul Dufy (3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, scenic designer, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces. More on Raoul Dufy

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01 Marine Painting - Willem Hendrik Eickelberg's BUSY FISHERFOLK, with Footnotes #380

Willem Hendrik Eickelberg, Dutch, 1845 - 1920

BUSY FISHERFOLK 

Oil on canvas

21⅜ by 28½in.; 54.3 by 72.4 cm

Private collection

Estimated for 6,000 - 8,000 USD in October 2020

Willem Hendrik Eickelberg was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1845. Although he never obtained the recognition he deserved from a larger public, we know a lot of works from his hand have survived the years. He recieved his education at the Royal Academy of Arts in Amsterdam, after which he started working on landscapes, cityviews and beaches in an impressionistic style. Occasionally his winter landscapes can be viewed as highly idealized and even romantic. His cityscapes and beach scenes are depicted in a more realistic way and tend to give an impression of his time of living perfectly. Until 1878 Eickelberg lived and worked as a painter in Amsterdam. After having lived in a number of other cities, he settled down in Blaricum(1904) and eventually in Hilversum. More on Willem Hendrik Eickelberg

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