Thomas Buttersworth, Jr, (1807-1842)
Chasing a Pirate Ship
Oil on canvas
15 x 20 in
Private collection
Thomas Buttersworth, Jr. (1807-1842), was
named after his father, the well known marine painter Thomas Buttersworth
Senior (1766-1841), who was to have a considerable influence on his son's
painting career.
There
exist few details about Thomas Junior's private life. What is known is that in
the late 1830's he was living with his wife Gertude in Lambeth, and in early
1838 his daughter, also Gertrude, was born.
The family had moved to Greenwich by 1841, and this is
where their son, also named Thomas, was born in March of that year. Thomas
Buttersworth Junior died in Greenwich on November 25, 1842 at the very early
age of thirty five. More
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Edward Moran, (American, 1829-1901)
Galleon at Sunset
Oil on canvas laid on board
20 x 36 inches (50.8 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection
Edward Moran (August 19, 1829 in Bolton,
Lancashire, England – June 8, 1901 in New York City) was an American artist of maritime paintings. Moran was born in
England on August 19, 1829. Following in the footsteps of his father's
profession, he learned to operate a hand-loom at a young age, though he would
often be found sketching with charcoal on the white fabric instead of plying
the shuttle. His family first emigrated to Maryland in 1844, and then to
Philadelphia a year later.
It was in
Philadelphia around 1845 that Edward apprenticed under James Hamilton and
landscape painter Paul Weber; Hamilton guided Moran specifically in the style
of marine paintings. In the 1850s Moran began to make a name for himself in the
Philadelphia artistic scene; working in the same studio as his younger brother,
famous American painter Thomas Moran, Edward received commissions and even
completed some lithographic work. In 1862, he traveled to London and became a
pupil in the Royal Academy.
In 1885, at the height of his career, Moran
began on what would be considered his most important work - a series of 13
paintings representing the Marine History of the United States. He chose to
have thirteen paintings in the series because of the significance of the number
in American history (13 colonies, 13 stars and stripes on the original US flag,
etc.). The subjects include Leif Ericsson, Christopher Columbus, Hernando de
Soto, Henry Hudson, and Admiral Dewey, among others.[3] Not long after their
completion, the series was displayed at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. More on Edward Moran
Alfred Thompson Bricher, (American, 1837-1908)
Sails at Sunset
Watercolor on paper laid on board
20 x 28 inches (50.8 x 71.1 cm)
Private collection
Alfred Thompson Bricher (April 10, 1837 – September 30, 1908) was a painter associated with White Mountain art and the Hudson River School. Bricher was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was educated in an academy at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He began his career as a businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. When not working, he studied at the Lowell Institute. He attained noteworthy skill in making landscape studies from nature, and after 1858 devoted himself to the art as a profession. He opened a studio in Boston, and met with some success there. In 1868 he moved to New York City. In 1873 he was chosen a member of the American Watercolor Society. In the 1870s, he primarily did maritime themed paintings, with attention to watercolor paintings of landscape, marine, and coastwise scenery. He often spent summers in Grand Manan, where he produced such notable works as Morning at Grand Manan (1878). In 1879, Bricher was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member. More on Alfred Thompson Bricher
John Bellany, R.A., 1942-2013
BOATS IN HARBOUR, PORT SETON
Oil on canvas
152.5 by 152.5cm., 60 by 60in.
Private collection
Cockenzie and Port Seton is a unified town in East Lothian, Scotland. It grew from what were initially two small fishing villages. The older parts of the town, between the two harbours, retain a more traditional feel and look, similar to many other small fishing villages on the east coast of Scotland. Although the fishing industry has declined in recent years the harbour at Port Seton still retains a small fleet of vessels, mainly fishing for prawns. More on Cockenzie and Port Seton
Regarded as one of the most notable British artists of the 20th century, he was viewed as an outstanding student at Edinburgh College of Art from 1960 to 65, during this time gaining the Andrew Grant Scholarship in 1962, taking him to Paris. He went on to win the Burstain Award to attend the Royal College of Art in London in 1965.
He moved to London where he was the visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art. It was during this period that he separated from his first wife that his reputation for being a heavy drinker began. From 1978 until 1984, Bellany was Lecturer in Painting at Goldsmith College of Art. He remarried in 1978, but his second wife spent long periods of time in hospital suffering with schizophrenia which contributed to his increased bouts of heavy drinking, a “curse” that was to persist throughout his life.
In 1988 he survived a pioneering liver transplant. John Bellany died in 2013, he was found in his studio clutching his paintbrush. More on John Bellany
Elle Hanley, United States
Anchor yourself
Giclée print on natural white, matte cotton rag
24 H x 36 W x 0.1 in
Private collection
Elle Hanley, United States
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Elle Hanley is an american fine art
photographer currently living and working in Seattle. her work is creative and
varied focusing mainly on capturing beauty and emotion in a still shot of time.
She began photography two years ago as an artistic outlet
and it grew into a full fledged devotion. She was drawn in particular to self
portraiture for the control it gave over the image outcome and has since grown
into a self portrait artist. Elle enjoys the challenges in creating something
vintage and timeless from a thoroughly modern process and the contradiction
between the two is a strong theme throughout her work. More on Elle
Hanley
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