Edward William Cooke, RA (British, 1811-1880)
'French Sloop entering the harbour of Tréport' , c. 1869
Oil on canvas
81.3 x 134.6cm (32 x 53in).
Private collection
Le Tréport is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-eastern France.
A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Dieppe. The mouth of the Bresle river meets the English Channel here, in between the high chalk cliffs and the pebbly beach. More on Le Tréport
Edward William Cooke, R.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S.,
F.S.A., F.G.S. (27 March 1811 – 4 January 1880) was an English landscape and marine painter, and gardener. Cooke was
born in Pentonville, London. He was raised in the company of artists. He was a
precocious draughtsman and a skilled engraver from an early age, displayed an
equal preference for marine subjects and published his "Shipping and
Craft" – a series of
accomplished engravings – when
he was 18, in 1829. Cooke began painting in oils in 1833, and first exhibited
at the Royal Academy and British Institution in 1835, by which time his style
was essentially formed.
He went on to travel and paint with great
industry at home and abroad, indulging his love of the 17th-century Dutch
marine artists with a visit to the Netherlands in 1837. He returned regularly
over the next 23 years, studying the effects of the coastal landscape and
light, as well as the works of the country's Old Masters, resulting in highly
successful paintings. He went on to travel in Scandinavia, Spain, North Africa
and, above all, to Venice. In 1858, he was elected into the National Academy of
Design as an Honorary Academician. . More
Edward William Cooke
William Thornley, (active 1857-1898)
Rochester from Strood
Oil on canvas
40.7 x 30.5cm (16 x 12in)
Private collection
Strood is a town in South East England. It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging point. Strood's history has been dominated by the river, the bridges and the road and rail links they carried. More on Strood
Rochester is a town and historic city in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway.
Rochester was for many years a favourite of Charles Dickens, basing many of his novels on the area. The Diocese of Rochester, the second oldest in England, is centred on Rochester Cathedral and was responsible for the founding the second oldest continuously running school in the world. Rochester Castle, built by Bishop Gundulf of Rochester, has one of the best preserved keeps in either England or France.
Rochester and its neighbours, Chatham and Gillingham, Strood and a number of outlying villages form a single large urban area known as the Medway Towns. More on Rochester
William Thornley, (active 1857-1898), see below
William Thornley, (active 1857-1898)
Unknown
Oil on canvas
40.7 x 30.5cm (16 x 12in)
Private collection
Georges William Thornley (1857–1935) was a French painter and printmaker. A student of the French landscape painters Eugène Ciceri and Edmond Yon, Thornley became a successful artist remembered for his seascapes from Normandy and his landscapes from the French and Italian Rivieras. He was the son of a Welsh immigrant Morgan Thornley.
He was also a talented watercolorist, engraver, and lithographer. His lithographs after the works of Corot, Pissarro, Degas and Puvis de Chavannes were acclaimed by his peers and awarded at the Salon de Paris.
His paintings were exhibited beginning in 1878. He won the Mention of Honor in 1881 and a Third Class medal in 1888. Thornley embraced the Impressionist movement early in his career, which brought him much success.
His style characteristically has bold brushwork and thick "impasto." It recreates the "impression of a panorama", capturing the fleeting moment in its inner light and color. This open landscape is an example of what the artist excelled at: successful color effects which are highly decorative but stay true to nature. More on Georges William Thornley
Thomas Bush Hardy, (British 1842-1897)
Shipping in the English Channel, c. 1891
Watercolour heightened in white
47cm x 73cm
Private collection
Thomas Bush Hardy (1842, Sheffield
– 1897, Maida Vale, London) was a British marine painter and
watercolourist. As a young man he travelled in the Netherlands and Italy. In
1884 Hardy was elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He
exhibited with the Society and also at the Royal Academy.
His paintings feature coastal scenes in England and the
Netherlands, the French Channel ports and the Venetian Lagoon.
Hardy had nine children. His son Dudley Hardy was a
painter, illustrator and poster designer. His daughter Dorothy received an MBE
after working as a nurse in the First World War. He died on 15 December 1897 in
Maida Vale, London.
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Hardy
Karl Boehme, (1866 - 1939)
Sea surf on the coast of Rapallo. c. 1922
Oil on canvas
27.9 x 39.4 cm
Private collection
Rapallo is a municipality of City of Genoa, located in the Liguria region of northern Italy. It is situated on the Ligurian Sea coast, on the Tigullio Gulf, between Portofino and Chiavari.
The climate is moderate. Many of the villas are built in the hills that rise immediately behind the city, protecting them from strong northern winds.
Conquered by the Lombards in 643, the village of Rapallo was included in the county of Genoa under Charlemagne. The town became a Genoese dominion in 1229, remaining under that aegis until the Napoleonic Wars.
During the 16th century it was attacked and sacked by the Ottomans and Barbary pirates. To help defend the village against such attacks a castle was built on the seafront.
In the late 18th century it was captured by the French who, after several clashes against Austro-Russian troops, in 1805 annexed it to the Apennins region. In 1814 the English freed it, and the following year the city was given to the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont as part of the Duchy of Genoa.
Rapallo has been known for its climate that made it the winter residence of preference for most of the affluent Italians living in the North West of Italy. More on Rapallo
Karl Theodor Boehme (born June 9, 1866 in Hamburg , † October 13, 1939 in Munich) was a German marine and landscape painter .
Boehme studied from 1884 to 1892 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. His first major study trips were to Norway (1888 Stavanger , 1890 Lofoten , 1891 Skomvær , 1899 Lofoten, 1907 Lofoten, 1925 Stavanger).
He had success with the coastal motifs that emerged during his sometimes longer stays in Italy . Since 1891 he participated in exhibitions in Munich , Vienna , Berlin , Salzburg and Buenos Aires . He has received numerous awards. In 1902 he received a gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . At the Great German Art Exhibition in the Munich House of Art in 1937, he was represented with five works, including three from Capri.
His landscape paintings usually show rocky sea formations and the powerful forces of nature. They are often free of humans, ships and other signs of civilization. Water and clouds appear in violent motion. He painted outdoors . Rarely do you find portraits of his hand. More on Karl Boehme
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