Marine Art

01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21c

Édouard Adam (French, 1847-1929)

The ships La Pacicique and Tropique passing at sea

Oil on canvas

24 x 36 in. (60.9 x 91.4 cm.)

Private Collection

Édouard Adam (French, 1847-1929) was the name of both a father and son who painted ship's portraits in the port of Le Havre around the same time. There is much confusion between the two as their works were quite similar. Both Adams were the official painters to the department of marine in Le Havre and were well known and prolific marine artists.

The younger Adam usually signed himself "Adam Fils" and was better known for his steamships painted in the first quarter of this century. Adam the elder, who was more prolific, specialized in sailing vessels, but painted steamers as well. He is often regarded as the French equivalent of the master American ship portraitist, Antonio Jacobsen and is noted for recording the crucial transition period of wind power to steam.

In addition to many fine portraits of sailing vessels, both Adams painted commissions of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Liners, private yachts and naval ships. A commission from Queen Victoria further attests to their abilities. More on Édouard Adam

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01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21b

Henry Malfroy ( b. January 15, 1895, in Martinique; died in 1944)

Martigues

Oil on canvas

60 x 92 cm

Private Collection

Martigues is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte.

Nicknamed the "Provençale Venice", Martigues is a point of passage between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Martigues (now Etang de Berre), close to the Côte d'Azur. The charm of its canals, its docks and bridges made it "The Venice of Provence". Martigues possesses also its cooperative winery "La Venise provençale": Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, rosé, red and white wines, fruit juices and natural oils in the region. More on Martigues

Henry Malfroy, ( b. January 15, 1895, in Martinique; died in 1944), was born in Martigues (Mouth of the Rhone) on the 15th January 1895.

He was most likely the son of Charles Malfroy, with whom he is often confused. He was an impressionist painter, specialising in topographical subjects including the town of Cassis, the Mouth of the Rhone, the Var and in particular street scenes of Paris.

He regularly exhibited at the Salons des Artistes Francais et des Independants. More on Henry Malfroy

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01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21a

Joaquín Sorolla, 1863 - 1923, SPANISH

RETURN WITH THE CATCH, c. 1908

Oil on canvas

25.5 by 37.5cm., 10 by 14½in.

Private Collection

Painted on El Cabañal beach, Valencia, in 1908, the present work takes up a theme that preoccupied Sorolla like no other: returning fishermen attended by their wives and daughters carrying baskets in which to carry to market the day's catch. The subject had first attracted Sorolla in the early 1890s when he painted his large scale canvas La Vuelta de la pesca in 1894, and exhibited it to great acclaim at the Paris Salon of 1895 (bought by the French State, and now in the Musée d'Orsay). The present work, painted in situ, evokes the bustling atmosphere of the fishing community on the Valencian beach. More on this painting

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the sunlight of his native land. More on Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #125

Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973

Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit)

Signed Montague Dawson(ll)

Oil on canvas

25 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm)

Private collection

The painting depicts the dramatic chase on a moonlit night by the British Coast Guard, firing a canon at suspected smugglers in the English Channel. More on this painting

Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th and 19th centuries. Montague was the son of a keen yachtsman and the grandson of the marine painter Henry Dawson (1811–1878), born in Chiswick, London. Much of his childhood was spent on Southampton Water where he was able to indulge his interest in the study of ships. For a brief period around 1910 Dawson worked for a commercial art studio in Bedford Row, London, but with the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Royal Navy. Whilst serving with the Navy in Falmouth he met Charles Napier Hemy (1841–1917), who considerably influenced his work. In 1924 Dawson was the official artist for an Expedition to the South Seas by the steam yacht St.George. During the expedition he provided illustrated reports to the Graphic magazine.

After the War, Dawson established himself as a professional marine artist, concentrating on historical subjects and portraits of deep-water sailing ships. During the Second World War, he was employed as a war artist. Dawson exhibited regularly at the Royal Society of Marine Artists, of which he became a member, from 1946 to 1964, and occasionally at the Royal Academy between 1917 and 1936. By the 1930s he was considered one of the greatest living marine artists, whose patrons included two American Presidents, Dwight D Eisenhower and Lyndon B Johnson, as well as the British Royal Family. Also in the 1930s, he moved to Milford-Upon-Sea in Hampshire, living there for many years. Dawson is noted for the strict accuracy in the nautical detail of his paintings which often sell for six figures.

The work of Montague Dawson is represented in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth. More on Montague Dawson

01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART BY THE OLD MASTERS, MARINE PAINTINGS - WITH FOOTNOTES, #21g

Joaquín Sorolla, 1863 - 1923, SPANISH

CHILDREN ON THE SHORE, ,c. 1905

Oil on canvas

33.5 by 63cm., 13 by 24¾in.

Private Collection

This scene combines one of Sorolla's most jewel-like renditions of the sea and cliffs of Cabo de San Antonio, Jávea, with a portrayal of a personal family moment. Depicting, from left to right, his three children, Joaquín, Elena, and María clambering among the rocks, their graceful movements contrast with the aquamarine and turquoise of the inviting water and the rugged faces of the rocky stacks. The canvas is a celebration of all that Sorolla held most dear in his life: the beauty of the Mediterranean coastline and his close-knit family. The sense of complete immersion in the scene is accentuated by the high viewpoint looking down, cutting out the wider bay and the horizon to focus on the fleeting moment. More on this painting

01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21f

Ernest Buttura

CÔTE NORMANDE, MER DÉCHAÎNÉE

Oil on canvas

200 x 100 cm

Private Collection

The Normandy coastline stretches for nearly 640km via a series of smaller "côtes" with incredibly evocative names: Côte d’Albâtre (Alabaster Coast), Côte Fleurie (Flower Coast), Côte de Nacre (Mother of Pearl Coast), and so on.

Its cliffs form an imposing wall of chalk which rise in places to over 100m in height. As you travel from one place to the next, you'll come across valleys and narrow creeks which are home to fishing ports and tourist resorts. More on The Normandy coastline

Ernest Buttura, born 28 November 1841 in Paris and died in that city in 1920, was a French painter. He entered the School of Fine Arts in 1861 and exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1863. He divided his time between Paris and Cannes.

Siagne, the plain of Laval and the mountains of the Var inspired his work. In Cannes he had a workshop and was an iconic painter of this city. Even thouigh the majority of his paintings were landscapes, he also made studies of rocks and undergrowth, animal paintings, still lifes, bouquets of flowers, and oriental compositions. More on Ernest Buttura

01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21e

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1862 - 1946, FINNISH

ON THE JETTY

Oil on canvas

38.5 by 35cm., 15¼ by 13¾in.

Private Collection

The present work was painted in 1879, the year Schjerfbeck completed her studies under Adolf von Becker in Helsinki, and exhibited for the first time with the Finnish Fine Arts Society. Although distinct from the radical new departures her art would later take, this early work reflects Schjerfbeck's interest in contrasts (here between the generations), and her love of Finland's coasts. More on this painting

Helene Schjerfbeck (July 10, 1862 – January 23, 1946, in Finland Swedish) was a Finnish painter. She is most widely known for her realist works and self-portraits, and less well known for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life, her work changed dramatically.

She showed talent at an early age, and by the time she was eleven she was enrolled at the Finnish Art Society Drawing School. She continued her education, with Westermarck, at a private academy run by Adolf von Becker, which utilised the University of Helsinki drawing studio. In 1879, at the age of 17, Schjerfbeck won third prize in a competition organised by the Finnish Art Society, and in 1880 her work was displayed in an annual Finnish Art Society exhibition. She set off to Paris later that year after receiving a travel grant from the Imperial Russian Senate. More on Helene Schjerfbeck

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01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21d

Egon Schiele - 1890 - 1918

Harbor of Trieste, c. 1907

Oil on cardboard

Height: 25 cm (9.84 in.) Width: 18 cm (7:09 in.)

Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum (United States)

The Port of Trieste is a port in the Adriatic Sea in Trieste, Italy. In the period between the beginning of 1700 and 1850, Trieste was mainly an emporium and was given the status of Free Port by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in 1719. In 1740, when Empress Maria Theresa of Austria took power, one of the first measures she adopted was to extend the borders of the Free Port area to the periphery of the town, thereby merging the emporium, the port, the new city and the old one. The Empress decided to extend the exemptions from customs duties to the whole city, which attracted many people from different countries and all walks of life (Italians, Serbians, Slovenians, Croats, Jews and Greeks): for them a law was passed, the "Editto di tolleranza", which provided for the freedom of worship, the possibility to negotiate freely and to own goods. More on The Port of Trieste

Egon Schiele (German: 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the artist produced, including naked self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. More on Egon Schiele

01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21b

Egon Schiele

Sailing Ship With Dinghy, c. 1908

Oil on cardboard

Private Collection

01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #21a

Maurice VAUMOUSSE (1876-1961)

Le bassin à Honfleur

Oil on canvas

37 x 55 cm

Private Collection

Honfleur is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. Its inhabitants are called Honfleurais.

It is especially known for its old, beautiful picturesque port, characterized by its houses with slate-covered frontages, painted many times by artists, including in particular Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.

Located on the estuary of one of the principal rivers of France with a safe harbour and relatively rich hinterland, Honfleur profited from its strategic position from the start of the Hundred Years' War. The town's defences were strengthened by Charles V in order to protect the estuary of the Seine from attacks from the English. This was supported by the nearby port of Harfleur. However, Honfleur was taken and occupied by the English in 1357 and from 1419 to 1450. When under French control, raiding parties often set out from the port to ransack the English coasts, including partially destroying the town of Sandwich, in Kent, England, in the 1450s. More on Honfleur

Passionate about painting, Vaumousse was a violinist at the Théâtre des arts. He was also one of the regulars of the workshop of the rue des Charettes. Following the example of the master of the outdoors, he observes the seashore, the Seine and the surrounding meadows ... A calm and changing nature that he expresses with passion, to better capture "the moment". The bombings destroyed a large part of its production.

"The School of Rouen", it is customary to group under this name a number of painters of different backgrounds and even temperaments, but linked together by a friendship to the test of time and the same love of nature . The first three representatives of this group are Joseph Delattre, Charles Angrand and Albert Lebourg. As early as 1877, all these painters were designated by the name of Ecole de Rouen. In 1895, Joseph Delattre founded a "Free Academy" where Pinchon, Louvrier, Guilbert, Couchaux, Vaumousse, Dumont, Tirvert, Hodé, Suzanne, Hénocque, Madeleine joined. Regularly Pissaro came to bring them comfort. In 1907, Delaunay and Paul Mascart created the company of Rouen artists and organized exhibitions in Rouen. More on Maurice VAUMOUSSE

01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #99

Eugène Boudin, (1824–1898)

Navires dans le Port à Honfleur/ Ships in the Port at Honfleur, c. 1856

Oil on wood panel

Height: 20.3 cm (8 in). Width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in).

Princeton University Art Museum

Eugène Louis Boudin; 12 July 1824 – 8 August 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Boudin was a marine painter, and expert in the rendering of all that goes upon the sea and along its shores.

Born at Honfleur, Boudin was the son of a harbor pilot, and at age 10 the young boy worked on a steamboat that ran between Le Havre and Honfleur. In 1835 the family moved to Le Havre, where Boudin's father opened a store for stationery and picture frames. Here the young Eugene worked, later opening his own small shop. In his shop, in which pictures were framed, Boudin came into contact with artists working in the area and exhibited in the shop their paintings. At the age of 22 he started painting full-time, and traveled to Paris the following year and then through Flanders. In 1850 he earned a scholarship that enabled him to move to Paris, although he often returned to paint in Normandy and, from 1855, made regular trips to Brittany.

In 1857/58 Boudin befriended the young Claude Monet, then only 18, and persuaded him to give up his teenage caricature drawings and to become a landscape painte. The two remained lifelong friends and Monet later paid tribute to Boudin’s early influence. Boudin joined Monet and his young friends in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1873, but never considered himself a radical or innovator.

Late in his life he returned to the south of France as a refuge from ill-health, and recognizing soon that the relief it could give him was almost spent, he returned to his home at Deauville, to die within sight of Channel waters and under the Channel skies he had painted so often. More on Eugène Louis Boudin