RECENT SALES at AUCTION and ELSEWHERE

RECENT SALES at AUCTION and ELSEWHERE
$95,216,000 Pablo Picasso
“Dora Maar du Chat” Oil
$21,296,000 Charles Wilson Peale
“George Washington at
Princeton,” c. 1780 Oil
$17,300,000 Four American
Revolutionary War Flags
John James Audubon
“Birds of American”
Complete Set 435 Prints
$688,000 Abraham Lincoln Signed
Emancipation Proclamation,
1864
$486,400 Montague Dawson (18951973) “HMS Shannon vs.
USS Chesapeake” Oil
$464,000 Pair of Philadelphia Chippendale
Mahogany Side Chairs 1760-70
$457,000 William Bradford Unsigned
“Frigate USS Congress at
Sunset,” 1861 Oil
$456,057 Honus Wagner 1909-11
Baseball Card
$450,000 Pair of JFK Limo American Flags
$441,600 Queen Anne Mahogany
Open Armchair c.1730
$431,250 Colt Walker Percussion Revolver
$420,000 JFK’s Omega Wristwatch, 1960
$4,731,480
Claude Monet
“La Seine a Vetheuil” Oil
$396,800 Montague Dawson “Clipper
Taeping in Light Winds” Oil
$4,100,000
Magazine Rights to Publish
Photographs of Actor Brad
Pitt’s Newborn Baby
$392,000 William Morris Hunt
“Gloucester Harbor”, 1877 Oil
$10,794,000 Edvard Munch “Summer
Day,” 1903-04 Oil
$9,200,000
Andy Warhol Jackie O
frieze Silk Screen
$9,200,000
Norman Rockwell
Homecoming Marine 1947
$6,008,000
Rose of Dubai 25.02 carat
Pink Diamond
$5,616,000
$3,152,000
$2,928,000
$2,928,000
Edward Hicks “The
Peaceable Kingdom,” 1846
Oil 25” x 32 ½”
Edward Steichen “The
Pond – Moonlight”, 1904
Photograph
William and Mary
Decorated Pine Chest of
Drawers, 1729 22 ¾”
$336,250 Painted Woven 1929 Basket
with Designs, 20”
$318,400 Lalique Glass Vase
“Grenouilles et Nenuphars”
$307,100
Gettysburg Address 1st Printing
$281,000 Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1927)
Unsigned “DREADNOUGHT”
1873 Oil 28” x 49 7/8”
$273,125 Flash Comics #1
“The Mile High”
$2,144,000
Set of Six Quaker Yokeback
Side Chairs
$2,032,000
Safavid Oriental Carpet
16th c.
$216,000 Pair of China Trade Paintings,
1850 21” x 36 ½” each
$2,032,000
Tiffany Magnolia Leaded
Glass and Bronze Floor
Lamp
$204,000 Andrew Wyeth “Berry Picking”,
1940 Watercolor and Pencil
$1,868,750
Abraham Lincoln Signed
Copy of 13th Amendment
Abolishing Slavery
$1,640,000
$1,248,000
$192,000 International Watch Co.
Wristwatch, 1993
$181,600 Winchester Lever Engraved /
Gold-plated Action Rifle, 1866
$181,000 Fred Nichols Yellow Legs
Carved Decoy
John Kensett “Entrance to
Newport Harbor, 1855” Oil
14” x 24”
$179,071 John Wilson Carmichael
(1799-1868) “On the Thames
at Woolwich” Oil 29½” x 43¾”
Goddess of Liberty Copper
Weathervane 30”
$1,024,000
Faberge Gold, Silver
Enamel Cigarette Box
$1,000,000
$218,500 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar,1795
Harry Winston 26.09 carat
Diamond Ring
$1,080,000
George Washington’s
Letter of Military
Resignation, Dec. 23, 1783
$1,000,000
John Lennon’s Handwritten
Lyrics to “All You Need is Love”
$913,500
Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)
“Moonlight Owls Head,
Northeast View,” 1851 Oil
on Board 12” x 18 ¼”
$132,500 Gibson F-5 Mandolin, 1923
$132,000 George Ii Silver Bread Basket
$132,000 Pair of Massachusetts Carved
Bellows att. Samuel McIntire
$132,000 Robert Salmon (1775-1845)
‘‘Merchant Ships off
Liverpool” Oil 27” x 43”
$127,000 Les Paul Sunburst Standard
Guitar, 1959
$120,000 Simon Willard Lighthouse Clock
$118,000 Sitting Bull’s Revolver
$117,374 Montague Dawson “Wind
Abeam” Oil 20” x 36”
$115,000 Parade Saddle Edward Bohlin
$112,860 Dominic Serres (1722-1793)
“View of Lundy Island” Oil
60 ½” x 97”
$112,860 Montague Dawson “HMS
Victory Sweeping the Seas”
Oil 28” x 33”
$109,250 Pair Scrimshaw Whale Teeth,
1833 Josiah Sheffield
$108,000 Jack L. Gray (1927-1981)
“Schooner Bluenose” Oil
$108,000 Thomas Chambers ()
“Capture of HBM Frigate
Macedonia by USS United
States”, 1825 Oil 21” x 20”
$105,300 Jessie James Letter
$104,750 Siberian Pygmy Mammoth
Fossil 7’ h.
$103,831 Thomas Buttersworth (17681842) “Lord Exmouth’s Attack
on Algiers” Oil 24” x 36 ½”
$102,000 George Washington Letter
$102,000 John Steven Dews
“Shamrock V Ahead of
Britannia, Astra, Velsheda off
Hampstead Ledge” Oil 30”x40”
$100,800 Cast Iron Horse Race
Mechanical Bank, 1870
$99,000 German Bisque Portrait Doll,
1910 24”h
$96,000 Soup Plate “Order of
Cincinnati” Service, 1786
$95,000 John James Audubon
“Brown Pelican”, 1835
Lithograph 37 7/8” x 25 1/8”
$93,000 Cobalt Blue Stoneware Jug
Inscribed “Sloop Eclipse”,
1822 14 ½”
$89,625 American League Baseball
Stars Photograph, July 24,
1911 8” x 41”
$88,500 Grandma Moses December
1956 Going to Church
$88,125 Jonas Lie (1880-1940)
“Vesper” (Maine Scene) Oil
$86,250 Leica MP-2 Camera
$86,250 Scale Model WWII Warship
Models Used in Tora, Tora, Tora
$84,000 Dictionary of the Sioux
Language, 1866
$84,000 James Buttersworth (1817-1894)
“New York Yacht Club Schooner
of Gibraltar” Oil 7” x 12”
$174,858 Montague Dawson “The
Forest Queen of Boston” Oil
24” x 36”
$168,000 Alfred Stieglitz
“The Terminal, New York”
$168,000 James E. Buttersworth
(1817-1894) “Steamer Italy
with Packet Mercury” Oil
20” x 36”
$159,149 Lou Gehrig 1927 Game Bat
$149,250 Tinglit Indian
Shaman’s Rattle
$822,400
Edward Weston “The
Breast” 1921 Photograph
$144,461 John Cleveley the Elder
(1712-1777) “A Flagship
Arriving in Port” Oil 23 ¼”x30”
$744,825
Lancaster, PA Painted Box,
1790s 6” x 12” x 9”
$144,000 Philadelphia Coat of Arms
Sampler, 1765
$744,000
Simon Willard Signed
Lighthouse Clock, 1825
$138,000 Mickey Mouse Mad Doctor
Movie Poster
8
$82,250
$80,000
$78,000
$77,725
$77,200
$75,000
$72,668
$72,000
$70,500
$66,000
$66,000
$65,725
$65,725
$65,406
$64,400
$60,000
$60,000
$59,587
$59,252
$59,000
$57,000
$56,750
$56,400
$56,350
$54,625
$52,900
$52,900
$50,400
$50,000
Chippendale Mahogany Desk,
19th c. Newport
Don Demers “End of Day
One-Great Transatlantic
Race, 1866” Oil 34” x 60”
Edmund Greacen (1877-1949)
“A Day at the Beach, Watch
Hill” Oil 1914-15
Tiffany Dogwood Hanger
Glass Lampshade
John Wilson Carmichael
(1800-1868) “Dutch Barges
Running out of Channel” Oil
14” x 20”
Tim Thompson “Glorious
Victory, Schooner Yacht
America” Oil 36” x 48”
Babe Ruth Game Hat
Frederick S. Cozzens (18461928) “American Yachts Their
Clubs and Races” Complete
Set of 27 Lithographs
South Sea Fishery 19th c.
Scrimshaw Whales Tooth 8 ¼”
Ansel Adams “Moonrise,
Hernandez, New Mexico”,
1941 Photograph
Gooseneck 1933 Fire Engine
Toy 15”
Pair Navy Colt Revolvers
Mid 19th c.
Town Plan of Pittsburgh, PA,
1784
Colt Model 1851 Navy
Revolver
Six Sheet
Map of Philadelphia, 1822
John James Audubon “Roseate
Spoonbill” Engraved by R.
Havell, 1836 25” x 38 ¼”
Pair 19th c. English Library
Globes 18” diameter
Civil War Henry Repeating
Rifle
Montague Dawson “American
Clipper Red Jacket” Oil
20” x 30”
Ivan F. Choultse (1877-1932)
“Moon Rising at Twilight” Oil
20” x 24”
Jackie Kennedy’s Passport
Holland and Holland Royal
Grade Double-barrel Nitro
Express Rifle
George Loftus Noyes
“Venetian View” Oil
Custer’s Camp Chair
Superman #2 Comic Book
First English Printed Aiken
Bible, 1781
New England Seaman’s
Journal, 1810-1816
Silk Embroidered Sampler, 1662
Anthony Blake “Shamrock II
Tacks Ahead of Columbia”
Oil 36” x 48”
$50,000
Don Demers “Returning the
Pilot” Oil 30” x 40”
$49,658
Montague Dawson “Clipper
Overhauling a Fishing
Lugger” Oil 16” x 20”
$48,875
Colt 1921/26 Thompson
Submachine Gun
$48,875
Ralph Cahoon “Ondines Hand
Laundry” Oil 24” x 40”
$48,000
Antonio Jacobsen “Oscar II
Entering New York Harbor”
Oil 21” x 35”
$25,850
$25,300
$25,300
$25,300
$24,200
$23,500
$22,325
$48,000
Lloyd McCaffery U.S.S.
Constitution, 1798 Scratch
Built Ship Model Scale 8’=1”
5 ½” x 6” x 27”
$48,000
Warren Sheppard (1858-1937)
“C.S.S. Merrimac vs. U.S.S.
Monitor” Oil 25” x 45”
$47,000
Sunqua (1830-65) “Foreign
Factories Near the City of Canton”
Watercolor 11 ½” x 14 ½”
$19,125
$46,000
USS Constitution Lion
Figurehead
$18,975
$45,600
Fred Pansing (1844-1910)
“Camden at Sea” Oil 28” x 48”
$18,800
$45,400
Zane Grey Deluxe
Winchester Rifle
$18,400
$42,000
John Barber “Twilight Finish”
Oil
$18,400
$37,400
Copper Chautauqua Weedless
Trolling Fishing Lure with Box
$18,000
$36,800
One Leaf from Gutenberg
Bible, 1450-55
$36,000
Antonio Jacobsen (18501921) “Steamship New York
and Pilot Boat New York” Oil
22” x 36”
$35,000
Christopher Blossom “East
Wind off Seguin” Oil 22” x 44”
$34,500
Antonio Martino “Gloucester
Harbor” Oil 40” x 50”
$34,075
Arthur Diehl (1870-1929)
“Florida River View” Oil 16” x 24”
$34,000
Lionel Full Scale Freight Train
Set, 1940
$32,200
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
Navigational Chart
$15,000
$31,625
Anthony Thieme Motif #1
Rockport, MA Oil
$14,950
$31,625
Foot Officer’s Sword, 1850
$30,000
William G. Muller “S.S.
Minnesota Leaving Seattle”
Oil 26” x 40”
$21,500
$20,400
$19,550
$17,250
$17,250
$16,100
$16,200
$15,890
$15,600
$15,600
$14,586
$14,100
$28,750
Teddy Roosevelt Bronze
Inauguration Medal, 1905
$14,100
$28,600
Beatles Signed Hard Days
Night Script
$13,500
$27,000
Douglas Fairbanks “The
Black Pirate” Movie Poster
$13,200
$26,400
Duncan McFarlane (18341871) “Clippership
Dreadnought” Oil 20” x 30”
$13,200
$26,400
Henry Scott (1911-1966)
“U.S.S. Constitution vs. HMS
Java” Oil 24” x 36”
$26,400
JFK’s Cigar Box
$12,650
$12,000
$12,000
$11,750 Jane Peterson “Sailing
Vessels in Lifting Fog”
$11,562 Babe Ruth Check
$11,500 Al Hirshfeld Drawings of
George Burns
$10,800 American 16’ Diameter Terrestrial
Library Globe, 19th c., Juvet & Co.
$10,800 Narwhal Tusk 19th c. 46”
$10,749 Michael Jordan Signed Jersey
$10,440 Paul Revere Silver Tablespoon
$10,230 Seafaring Surgeon’s Medical
Kit, 1860
$10,000 Scale Model of Steam Yacht
North Star 49” x 57”
$9,900 William Trost Richards
“Guernsey” (Coastal Landscape)
$9,775 Noah Webster Dictionary of
English Language 1828
$9,600 William Dixon (1774-1827) “A
Harbor Celebration” Watercolor
6” x 31”
$9,350 John Lennon’s 1980 Logbook
Signature Schooner Megan Jaye
$9,219 Duck Call J.T. Beckart, 1940
$9,000 Mr. Peanut figure 45”h
$9,000 British Builder’s Early 20th
century Half Model of Paddle
Steamer 12 ”x 65”
$9,000 William R. Davis “Cutter off
Nantucket” Oil 10” x 16”
$8,850 George Washington Valley
Forge Order
$8,813 Thomas Luny (1759-1837)
“Shipping off Teignmouth”
$8,625 Carrington Bowles “Paul Jones
Shooting a Sailor Who had
Attempted to Strike His
Colors…”, 1779 Mezzotint
$8,050 Power Horn 1861
$8,050 34 Star Civil War K Company
Flag
$8,000 Loretta Krupinski “Lobster Smacks
at McLoon’s Wharf, Rockland
c. 1910” Acrylic 22” x 31”
$8,000 English 3 ½” Brass Telescope
with Tripod 54” J.B. Dancier
Manchester
$7,945 Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962)
“Three Schooners on the High
Sea” Oil 26” x 31”
$7,800 French Boxed Chronometer 19th c.
$7,475 Allen Ginsburg Howl First Edition
$7,368 Soldier 19th c. Whirligig
$6,673 Complete 1962 Topps
Baseball Card Set
$6,600 George Ropes (1788-1819)
Pair: “Packet of Salem”, “New
Hazard of Salem” Watercolor
14” x 19”
$6,325 Paul Strisik (1918-1998)
Rockport Harbor Scene
$6,032 Barber Poles Used by
Norman Rockwell
$5,760 Builder’s Half Hull Model of S.S.
Belvoir Castle 13” x 59”
$5,750 Worthington Whittridge (18201910) Shore Scene with Ship
Leon Dabo (1868-1960)
“Night Shore, Long Island”
Oil 30” x 35”
Blaeu China Atlas c.1650
G.S. Garcia Gal Leg Spurs
Lincoln’s Assassination
Reward Poster
Marklin Limousine Toy 18th c.
William L. Stevens “At the
Docks” Oil 23” x 25”
William H. Lippincott “Maine
Coast, Ogunquit”
Elisha Baker *1827-1890)
“Fishing Schooner J.W.
Roberts” 24” x 32”
Scale Model of Steam Yacht
Corsair III Solid Hull 52” x 57”
Emile Gruppe (1896-1978)
“Rockport Harbor, MA”
Oil 25 ½” x 30”
Indian Head Cent Complete
Set 1857-1909
Austin Powers Movie
Volkswagen Beetle
Ross Moffett “The Old
Fisherman” Oil
Ernest Hemingway The Sun
Also Rises 1st Edition
Old Town Canoe Salesman’s
Sample
Issac Heard (1804-1864)
“China Clipper Kate Caring”
Oil 23” x 36”
Aldro Hibbard “Baiting Up” Oil
Steiff Teddy Bear 15”
US Navy WWII Periscope
Thomas Buttersworth (17681842) “British Warship and
Shipping Caught in a Gale”
Oil 12” x 16”
Spontoon Tomahawk
Bronze Figurehead of Woman
with Crown, 19th c. 42”
William P. Stubbs (1842-1909)
“Martha N. Hale off New
England Coast” Oil 24” x 36”
Stanley Meltzoff “Montauk,
August” Oil 31” x 24”
Bitter Campari Advertising
Poster 39” x 27”
Charles Schulz Original
Peanuts Strip
Jane Peterson “On the
Beach” Gouache 9” x 12”
William G. Norton “Tending
the Sails”
Dimetrious Athas “Tight
Around the Mark” Oil 18” x 24”
Builder’s Half Model Steam
Yacht Gladys, 1883 12” x 64”
Double Octagonal Sailor’s
Valentine, 19th c. 9” x 18”
Houdini Poster
Buddy L toy School Bus
Plank on Frame Scale model
HMS Victory 33” x 47”
9
$5,290
‘Twas the Night Before
Christmas First Edition
$5,175 James Fenimore Cooper The
Water Witch on Skimmer of the
Seas First Edition, 1830
$5,060 Continent via Harwich Travel
Poster
$5,011 Satchel Paige Signed Baseball
$5,000 Frederic S. Cozzens “Schooner
Yacht off Sandy Hook”
Watercolor 17” x 25”
$5,000 Mark Myers “The Long Chase”
Watercolor 11 ½” x 21 ½”
$4,485 Frank Benson “Clam Digger”
Etching
$4,560 Brass Engine Telegraph Brelco
N.Y., 44”h
$4,560 Currier & Ives “Yacht Squadron
at Newport”, 1872 Hand
Colored Lithograph
$4,000 Louisiana Territory Map, 1762
$3,877 Jay Conaway “Reverie
Moonlight” Oil 25” x 30”
$3,658 Civil War Drum
$3,500 Richard Dana Kuchta CSA
Hunley Ship Model
$3,300 Continental Barometer, 1816
$3,120 Yacht Defender Painted Head
Bucket, 1895
$2,880 Pair 19th c. English Rowing Oars
$2,400 Morris Rosenfeld (1885-1968)
Ranger, 1937 Gelatin Silver
Print 7” x 9”
$2,040 Peter Ward Shamrock I Half Hull
Model 36” x 6”
$1,870 Sky Chief Gas Pump
$1,680 Pair of Carved Nameboards
$1,652 Profiles in Courage Signed Copy
by John F. Kennedy
$1,592 Muhammad Ali “Rumble in the
Jungle” Fight Program
$1,440 Nantucket Basket with
Scrimshaw, S. Gibbs
$1,305 Box Union Metallic Cartridge
Shotgun Shells, 1920
$1,200 Plank Over Solid Hull Scale
Model of Confederate Raider
C.S.S. Florida 40” x 70”
$1,045 Snake Oil Salesman Ad Sign
$998
Arthur Diehl “Cape Cod Dunes” Oil
$833.75 Naval Medal Honoring Capt.
Isaac Hull USS Constitution
$770
Marx Lone Ranger Toy
$668
Babe Ruth Game Hat
$660
Currier & Ives “Steam Yacht
Polynia”, 1880 Hand Colored
Lithograph
$632.50 Congressional Medal Commodore
Edward Preble Barbary Coast
Wars, 1801-05
$605
Victorian Dental Chair
$600
Copper and Brass Masthead
Light
$600
Eight-Spoked Ships Wheel
42” diameter
Upcoming Marine Art Exhibitions and
Events Around the Globe
ALASKA’S WATCHABLE WHALES
Large format photographs of humpback
and killer whales by two well-known
Alaska photographers.
Alaska State Museum
Juneau, AK • 907-465-2901
museums.state.ak.us
Through October 14
AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THE LOUVRE
Featuring Winslow Homer’s “The
Gale,” this is the first ever exhibition
devoted to American art.
Louvre Museum
Paris, France • louvre.fr • 212-367-2646
Through September 18
AMERICAN SPLENDOR:
Hudson River School Masterworks
from the Permanent Collection
Niagara Falls, Hudson River, Yosemite
Valley are among the natural wonders
that inspired works by Thomas Cole,
Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt, Sanford
Gifford, John Kensett and others.
Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art
Hartford, CT • 860-278-2670
June 2 – December 31
AMERICANS IN PARIS, 1860-1900
The works of James McNeil Whistler,
John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt
and others explore the American
artist’s attraction to Paris.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA • 617-267-9300
mfa.org
June 25 – September 24
Metropolitan Museum
New York, NY • metmuseum.org
October 24 – January 28, 2007
ANTWERP – AMERICA: The Red
Star Line and the Paintings of
Eugeen Van Mieghem, 1870-1935
Paintings and drawings document port
life and the history of the emigrants
who shipped aboard the Red Star Line
from Antwerp to the East River Piers.
Schermerhorn Row
South Street Seaport Museum
New York, NY • 212-748-8690
sourthstreetseaport.org
Through October
ART OF THE NATION
200 significant works by major international artists establish Britain’s
maritime identity.
Queens House
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, ENGLAND
44 (0) 30-8858-4422 • nmm.ac.uk
Opens November 2006
THE ART OF THE BOAT:
Photography from the
Rosenfeld Collection
40 platinum palladium photographic
prints capturing the true spirit of the
maritime experience from the largest
collection of maritime photographs.
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT • 860-572-0711
mysticseaport.org
Through October
ARTS FOR THE PARKS
Juried exhibition of 100 paintings
depicting National Park sites by
America’s leading artists.
Jackson Lake Lodge
Grand Teton National Park, WY
artsfortheparks.com
800-553-2787
September 16
ARTS OF THE SAILOR
Life at sea revealed through paintings,
engravings, carvings, embroidery and
rope work by 19th century seamen.
The Whaling Museum
Cold Spring Harbor, NY • 631-367-3418
chwhalingmuseum.org
Through August
AT THE WATER’S EDGE: 19th Century
Prints from the Jones Collection
Prints by James McNeill Whistler,
Francis Seymour Hayden and others
document artists’ fascination with all
aspects of the sea.
The Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, MN • 888-642-2787
artmia.org
Through December 1
AUSTRALIAN FISHES –
Illustrations by Walter Stackpool
52 original paintings of fish peculiar
to Australian waters with text.
Lady Denman Maritime Museum
Huskisson, NSW, AUSTRALIA
02-4441-5671 • ladydenman.asn.au
Through September 4
Eden Killer Whale Museum
Eden, NSW, AUSTRALIA
02-6496-2094
killerwhalemuseum.com.au
September 6 – December 2
National Archives of Australia
Camberra, AUSTRALIA
02-6212-3604 • naa.gov.au
March – May 2007
CANALETTO IN ENGLAND: A Venetian
Artist Abroad (1746-1755)
Over 60 paintings and drawings
produced during Giovanni-Antonio
Canal’s (1697-1768) 10 year sojourn
in England.
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT • 203-432-2800
ycba.yale.edu
October 19 – December 31
THE BEAUTY OF THE
BOUNTY OF THE SEA
Features large scale works of art.
Coolidge Center for the Arts
Portsmouth, NH • 603-436-6607
July 30 – August 27
CELEBRATING THE SEA 1946-2006
Royal Society of Marine Artists’ annual
exhibition featuring paintings and
sculptures with historical and contemporary subjects.
Mall Galleries
London, ENGLAND • 44 (207) 930-6844
mallgalleries.org.uk
October 18 - 29
BLACK HANDS BLUE SEA:
The Maritime Heritage of
African Americans
Art, artifacts and documents survey
the struggle and contributions of
black mariners in building and
defending American democracy.
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT • 860-572-0711
mysticseaport.org
Through March 2007
A CENTURY OF MAINE PRINTS:
1880-1980
A variety of techniques of printmaking in Maine are explored through 75
works by Winslow Homer, Rockwell
Kent, Frank Benson, Fairfield Porter
and others.
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME • 207-775-6148
portlandmuseum.org
September 9 – December 10
CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK:
Decoy Traditions of
Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Surveys the distinctive styles of
carvings created by former and
modern masters.
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
Salisbury, MD • 410-742-4988
wardmuseum.org
Through November 12
ANDREW WYETH: Memory and Magic
A retrospective of seven decades,
surveying the artist’s lifetime
achievements.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA • 215-763-8100
philamuseum.org
Through July 16
CLIPPER SHIP –
Greyhounds of the Sea
Paintings, ship models and vignettes
bring to life the splendid age of the
1840s and 50s of the American
clipper ships.
Australian National
Maritime Museum
Sydney, AUSTRALIA
61-02-9298-377 • anmm.gov.au
Through June 2007
ANDREW WYETH: Selections
JAMES WYETH: Portrait of an Artist
N.C. WYETH: Artist and Illustrator
Farnsworth Art Museum
Rockland, ME • 207-596-6457
farnsworthmuseum.org
Through October 15
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE
NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD
Keynote speaker master shipmodeler
and miniaturist Lloyd McCaffrey.
Maritime Museum of San Diego
San Diego, CA • Naut-res-guild.org
October 12 – 15
BOAT LOADS OF BEN FRANKLIN
Celebrating the tercentenary birthday
of Ben Franklin.
Independence Seaport Museum
Philadelphia, PA • 215-925-5439
phillyseaport.org
Through 2006
Ed Parker
Steamer NELLIE G. c.1900 – On the Boothbay to Squirrel Island Run
10
Oil 25” x 34” $7,500
THE END OF THE WATERFRONT
The Hudson River Piers, Circa 1970
24 large format photographs by
Shelley Seccombe documenting the
recreational, cultural and commercial
uses of the Hudson River piers during
the 1970s.
Schermerhorn Gallery
South Street Seaport Museum
William Davis
Schooner Yacht on Vineyard Sound
New York, NY • 212-748-8690
Through October
graphs by Japan’s leading artist, juxtaposed against prehistoric to medieval
artwork and artifacts from the artist’s
own collection explore the relationship
between past and present.
Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. • 202-633-4880
asia.si.edu
Through July 30
FAREWELL TO THE FULTON FISH
MARKET & ELLERY THOMPSON:
Artist, Author, & Dragger Boat
Fisherman
30 nautical paintings and drawings,
plus writings, photographs and handdrawn maps celebrate the life of
Ellery Thompson (1899-1986), captain of the dragger-boat Eleanor, and
the Fulton Fish Market where he
brought his catch.
Schermerhorn Row
South Street Seaport Museum
New York, NY • 212-748-8690
Through Fall 2006
HOW TO BUY AT AUCTION
Informal seminar gives step-by-step
instructions for new collectors
Doyle of New York
New York, NY
212-427-4141 ext. 600
August 21
ITTUKIAGATTA
“How it Amazes”
Over 91 Inuit sculptures, representing
the early years of the development of
Inuit art.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Art
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
514-285-2000 • mbam.qc.ca
June 29 – October 22
FISH BY FLICK FORD
New original watercolors, meticulously
detailed in celebration of his new book
Fish, 77 Fish of North America.
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
Greenwich Workshop Gallery
1657 Post Road, Fairfield, CT
203-259-8753
jrusselljinishiangallery.com
Meet the Artist
Saturday, September 30, 3-6pm
JAMIE WYETH’S BIRD PAINTINGS
14 highly acclaimed oil, watercolor
and mixed media paintings.
Brandywine River Museum
Chadds Ford, PA
brandywinemuseum.org
Ongoing
GIRODET: Romantic Rebel
100 paintings and works on paper
depicting Napoleon’s military triumphs, famous portraits and more by
Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824),
prized and rebellious student of
Jacques-Louis David.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY • 212-535-7710
metmuseum.org
Through August 27
Musée des Beaux Arts de Monrtéal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
800-899-6873 • mbam.qc.ca
October 12 – January 21, 2007
JAN MATEUKA:
A Painter’s Eye on Cape Ann
Cape Ann Historical Museum
Gloucester, MA • 978-283-0455
capeannhistoricalmuseum.org
Through September 9
JOHN PRENTISS BENSON
Exhibition of his paintings
Maine Maritime Museum
Bath, ME • 207-443-1316
mainemaritimemuseum.org
Through October 9
HIROSHI SUGIMOTO:
History of History
Dioramas and seascape series photo-
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Oil 10” x 16” $9,000
KARA WALKER AT THE MET:
After the Deluge
Post-Hurricane Katrina examination
of the impact of waterborne disasters
on black Americans explored through
American paintings from the
Museum’s collection juxtaposed with
paper cutout silhouettes.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY • 212-535-7710
metmuseum.org
Through July 30
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Man, Inventor, Genius
Designs, a sketch and actual contraptions such as hang gliders and other
flying machines, the cryptex rosewood
boxTM, underwater breathing devises
and more than 60 other large-scale
models bring the extraordinary mind
of da Vinci to life.
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL • 773-684-1414
msichicago.org
Through September 4
LORETTA KRUPINSKI
AT THE MAINE
LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM
Boat building, ship restoration, fishing
and lighthouse life of Rockland and
St. George Peninsula, Maine from
1850-1940 are featured in this exhibition of historical paintings by Loretta
Krupinski.
Maine Lighthouse Museum
Rockland, ME • 207-594-3301
mainelighthousemuseum.com
Through September 30
MARINE AND FISHING ART
By the leading artists from America,
Europe and New Zealand. Paintings,
sculpture, ship models and scrimshaw by Anthony Blake, Christopher
Blossom, Don Demers, Flick Ford,
James Girffiths, Ian Marshall, Victor
Mays, John Mecray, Stanley Meltzoff,
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Leonard Mizerek, James Prosek, Keith
Reynolds, Arthur Shilstone, John
Stobart, Robert Weiss and others.
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
1657 Post Road, Fairfield, CT
203-259-8753
jrusselljinishiangallery.com
Ongoing
Legion of Honor
San Francisco, CA • 415-863-3330
thinker.org/legion
June 17 – September 17
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, NC • 919-839-6262
ncartmuseum.org
October 15 – January 14, 2007
MARITIME PAINTINGS AT SOUTH
STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM
The best maritime paintings in the
museum’s collection featuring works
by James E. Buttersworth, Antonio
Jacobsen, Duncan MacFarlane and
other noted 19th century artists.
Schmerhorn Row Gallery
South Street Seaport Museum
New York, NY • 212-748-8735
southstreetseaportmuseum.org
Ongoing
NANTUCKET WHALING MUSEUM
Newly renovated and expanded in
commemoration of its 75th anniversary,
including paintings and scrimshaw,
sailors’ valentines, the complete
skeleton of sperm whale, a fully rigged
whaleboat and more.
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Nantucket, MA • 508-228-1894
nha.org
Ongoing
NORTH ATLANTIC SEAS, SCHOONERS
AND FISHERMAN: THOMAS HOYNE’S
PAINTINGS OF THE GRAND BANKS
Comprehensive exhibition includes the
dramatic paintings, models and drawings by Thomas Hoyne’s (1926-1989),
the quintessential maritime artist.
Ventura County Maritime Museum
Oxnard, CA • 805-984-6260
October 5 – March 31, 2007
Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic, CT
Opens Spring 2007
PAINTING SUMMER
IN NEW ENGLAND
Paintings spanning the years from
1860 to present depicting summertime New England’s mountains, villages, seascapes and city life by
Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam John
Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, Frank
Benson, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper
and others.
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA • 978-745-9500 • pem.org
Through September 4
NORTH LIGHT AT WILLOWBANK:
Discovering the Sea Paintings of
John P. Benson
Romantic scenes of seascapes and
sailing vessels painted at his home in
Kittery, Maine.
RAVEN TRAVELLING:
Two Centuries of Haida Art
Over 200 art objects spanning 200
years reveal the importance of the land
and the waters to the Haida culture.
Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
604-662-2719
vanartallery.bc.ca
Through September 17
MEDITERRANEAN WARMTH
FROM PROVENCE
73 paintings, depicting busy
harbors, fishing, navigation,
shipwrecks, street scenes, rustic
settings and interiors, express
the relaxed lifestyle of the French
Mediterranean.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Helsinki, FINLAND
358 (0) 9-173361
sinebrychofftaidemuseo.fi/index.asp
September 28 – January 7, 2007
THE MINIATURE SHIPS OF
AUGUST F. CRABTREE
A fleet of miniature Venetian galleass, rafts, sidewheelers and
much more, supplemented by
illustrations, photographs and tools.
The Mariner’s Museum
Newport News, VA
757-596-2222 • mariner.org
Opened May 5
THE RENOIR RETURNS:
A Celebration of Masterworks
at the Phillips Collection
60 of the museums major works
are on view in celebration of the
return of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s
“Luncheon of the Boating Party”
The Phillip’s Collection
Washington, D.C.
202-387-2151
phillipscollection.org
Through July 30
James Harrington
MINNESOTA MARINE MUSEUM
Grand opening of the newest addition
to the marine art museum family. A
state of the art exhibition space containing the Burrichter-Kierlin Collection
of nearly 100 paintings by artists like
John Stobart, Jack Gray, Tim Thompson,
William Muller, James Flood, Louis
Dodd and others, Leo & Marilyn Smith
Folk Art Collectioon, Henry Bosse
Mississippi River 19th Century photographs, and the William A. Thompson, a
Mississppi River Dredge.
Minnesota Marine Museum
800 Riverview Drive
Winona, MN • 507-474-6626
minnesotamarineart.org
Opening July 27
Grand Opening August 20
MONET IN NORMANDY
60 paintings depicting Claude Monet’s
interpretation of the sea, the rivers, commercial harbors and resorts of Normandy
as well as its architecture and daily life.
New Arrival
Oil 18” x 24” $5,200
Maine Maritime Museum
Bath, ME • 207-443-1316
Opened June 6
NELSON’S NAVY
250 objects and artifacts give insight
into the British Royal Navy during the
late Georgian period as well as Horatio
Nelson’s role.
National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, ENGLAND
44 (0) 30-8858-4422 • nmm.ac.uk
Opens June 2006
ONE-MAN SHOW:
Marine Artist Russ Kramer
Oil paintings of the great yachts
and greatest yacht races of the
America’s Cup.
Museum of Yachting
Newport, RI • 727-895-6272
museumofyachting.org
July 29 – August 27
NEW IRELAND:
Art of the South Pacific
100 unique and captivating objects
representing 12 art traditions from
this most creative and prolific region
during late 19th century
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, MO • stlouis.art.museum
October 15 – January 7, 2007
Musee de Quai Branly
Paris, France
April 2, 2007 – July 15, 2007
Ethnologisches Museum
Staaliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, GERMANY
August 10, 2007-November 11, 2007
ON THE RED SEA
The Photographs of Henry de
Monfreid (1879-1974)
Photographs, watercolors, letters and
more provide both a documentary
and esthetic portal into this part of
the world.
Musee National de la Marine
Paris, France
01-53-65-69-69
Through October 2
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RIE MUNOZ RETROSPECTIVE
Folkloric watercolor paintings
and prints depicting daily life
along the Southeast coast of
Alaska span 50 years of Alaska’s
most recognized artist.
Alaska State Museum
Juneau, AK • 907-465-2901
Through September 23
SAVING OUR SHIPS: THE SEAPAINTINGS OF CHARLES ROBERT
PATTERSON (1878-1958)
Oil paintings, watercolors and lithographs of warships of sail, every
kind of 19th century merchant sailing vessel and naval vessels of the
1920s, as well as photographs and
ephemera spanning the life of this
artist and mariner.
Heritage Museums & Gardens
Sandwich, MA • 508-888-3300
heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Through October
SEA CURTAINS
Fabric art exhibition of an underwater
sea garden.
Coos Art Museum
Coos Bay, OR
541-267-3901
coosart.org
July 21 – September 23
SEAWEEDS: Wonders
of the Ocean Realm
A series of exquisite
photographs, resembling
Japanese paintings, of
marine algae.
The Charleston Museum
Charleston, SC
843-722-2996
charlestonmuseum.org
November 1 – April 30 2007
75 TREASURES
FOR 75 YEARS:
The Path of History and Art
Rotating exhibition of ship
models,
figureheads,
glasswork paintings and
much more celebrates Joe McGurl
the 75th Anniversary of
Monterey Maritime &
Historical Society.
Monterey Maritime and
Historical Society
Monterey, CA • 831-372-2608
montereyhistory.org/maritime
Through December 31
SHIPS OF THE SEA
MARITIME MUSEUM
18th and 19th century ship models,
paintings and maritime antiques.
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
Savannah, GA • 912-232-1511
shipsofthesea.org
Ongoing
SIX STAR LEGACY
The WWII combat diorama art of
Richard Dana Kuchta.
The Mark Twain Library
Redding, CT • 203-938-2545
October 1 - 30
SKETCHED AT SEA
Marine sketchbooks and drawings by
artists, mariners and travelers,
depicting their experience and inspiration of the sea.
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA • 866-745-1876 • pem.org
August 12 – January2008
SMALL SCALES WAR:
Military Models of the World Wars
Trench art and government recognition
models from WWI and WWII are a testament to the creative needs of the human
spirit even during tumultuous times.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
New York, NY
877-957-7447/212-245-0072
intrepidmuseum.org
New ongoing exhibition
SOMETHING WAITS BENEATH IT :
Early Works by Andrew Wyeth,
1939-1969
32 rarely seen tempura and watercolor paintings of coastal Maine and
eastern Pennsylvania by a young
Andrew Wyeth.
Lobsterboats off Mt. Desert, Maine
Delaware Art Museum
Wilmington, DE • 302-571-9590
delart.org
March 29 – July 16
STANLEY MELTZOFF:
Deep Sea Fish Painter
Retrospective exhibition to celebrate
the publication of a new book of the
art of this inventor and master of the
underwater fish painting genre since
1960.
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
1657 Post Road, Fairfield, CT
jrusselljinishiangallery.com
203-259-8753 • Fall 2006
STORY OF TEXAS NAVY 1836-1845
As told through the paintings of Robert
Moak and related ship models and
artifacts.
Opens September 1
Working Tall Ship Elissa
Ongoing
Texas Seaport Museum
Pier 21 No. 8
Galveston, TX • 409-763-1877
tsm-elissa.org
13TH ANNUAL
MARITIME ART EXHIBIT
Juried exhibition of works by members of the American Society of Marine
Artist with featured artist Sylvia
Waters.
Coos Art Museum
Coos Bay, OR • 541-267-3901
coosart.org
July 21 – September 23
TIDE LINES
Contemporary Staten Island
Waterfront Prints
Woodcuts, engravings, etchings, lithographs and mezzotints by Christopher
Clarke, Richard Sloat, Su-Ling Hung,
Bill Murphy and others.
Noble Maritime Collection
Staten Island, NY
noblemaritime.org
Through October 1
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27TH ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
A juried exhibition of well known and
up and upcoming masters of marine
art from around the world.
The Maritime Gallery
of Mystic Seaport
Mystic, CT • 860-572-5388
mysticseaport.org
September 30 – November 27
UNION LEAGUE CLUB –
MARINE ART EXHIBITION
Paintings by leading contemporary
marine artists including Anthony
Blake, Christopher Blossom, William
Davis, Don Demers, William Gilkerson,
Jim Griffiths, Geoffrey Huband, Loretta
Krupinski, Gerald Levey, Ian Marshall,
Joseph McGurl, Leonard Mizerek,
William Muller, Ed Parker, Robert
Sticker, John Stobart, Tim Thompson
and others.
Sponsored by the
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery
Union League Club
New York, NY • 203-259-8753
jrusselljinishiangallery.com
November 1-30
VAN RYPER:
A WORLD OF SHIPS IN MINATURE
Der Scutt Ocean Liner collection of
prized models of great ships
South Street Seaport Museum
New York, NY • 212-748-8600
southstreetseaportmuseum.org
Ongoing
WILLIAM A. COULTER (1849-1938)
A Master’s Brush With the Sea
The first retrospective exhibition of the
work of the premier West Coast maritime artist who also chronicled the great
San Francisco earthquake and fire. The
opening coincides with the 100th anniversary of the great earthquake.
San Francisco Maritime
National Historical Park
San Francisco, CA
415-561-7000
Through October 31
Oil 12” x 24” $12,000
WINSLOW HOMER: Poet of the Sea
60 oil and watercolor paintings, spanning Homer’s life, features water as
the central element.
Musee d’Art Americain Giverny
Giverny, FRANCE
33(0) 2 3251-9465 • maag.org
Through September 19
WOMEN AND THE SEA
Chronicles women’s contributions to
seafaring in peacetime and in war,
from the earliest days of sail to captains of racing yachts.
Penobscot Marine Museum
Searsport, ME • 207-548-2529
Penobscotmuseum.org
Through September4
THE YACHTING PHOTOGRAPHY
OF WILLARD B. JACKSON
Over 50 photographs taken at
Marblehead, MA capture the beauty of
all types of sailing vessels.
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA • 978-745-9500
pem.org
Through November 19
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HEARING ABOUT
MARINE ART
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FROM YOU
Submit your information to:
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He held sold out workshops in Boothbay Harbor,
Maine, Chatham, Massachusetts, on the Dingle
Peninsula in Ireland, and the Chateau d’Artiste
in the Burgundy province of France. His paintings are featured in articles in Fine Art Connoisseur
magazine April issue, and the August issue of Arts
and Antiques magazine. He’s been invited to paint
with the Plein Air Artists of America in Laguna,
California in October. And August will find him
painting with leading artists from the West in
Utah at the site of well-known western artist
Maynard Dixon’s studio, which will be followed by
an exhibition there sponsored by the Thunderbird
Foundation. A calendar of his paintings was published by Am Cal—the 2007 version should be in
bookstores soon, while two new limited edition
giclée prints on canvas were published by the
Greenwich Workshop. One is “Off the Windswept
Coast” in an edition of 50, measuring 28”x42” at
$950. The other is “End of Day One: The Great
Transatlantic Race, 1866” also in an edition of 50,
measuring 25”x44” at $1,250. To order call 800-2434260 or greenwichfinearts.com. Paintings from his
workshop in France will be exhibited, along with
those of young marine artist Brad Betts at the Art
of Sea Gallery in Thomaston, Maine this summer.
June found him surrounded by collectors and
friends, and 15 of his newest paintings at a one-man
exhibition at the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery in
Fairfield, Connecticut. Most of the paintings were
large, from 20”x30” to 34”x60”, ranging in subject
matter from the Eastern Yacht Club Cruise in
Boothbay, Maine and the Fastnet Race of 1931, to
Schooner Nina crossing the Atlantic in 1928, and the
dynamic painting of schooner yacht Atlantic on her
record setting transatlantic crossing in 1905. The
paintings ranged in price from $4,200 for a 9”x12” to
$80,000. Nearly all were sold out by the time the show
opened. Don reminded us at the opening that the
most expensive painting in his first one-man show in
1988 was $6,800. While that show too was a sell out,
he’s certainly come a long way.
Recently we got a long letter from John Stobart,
who’s been another extremely busy artist. He took
the first quarter of this year to finish a major painting of Jacksonville, Florida, interrupting only to
fly up to Barnstable, Massachusetts to speak to a
nice crowd at the Sturges Library. This fall will
find him in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Closson’s Art
Gallery, where he’ll be one of the featured artists
as they celebrate their 140th anniversary on the
weekend of November 3-4. On November 9 “The
Art of John Stobart,” an exhibition of 15 paintings
borrowed back from collectors for the occasion
will open at the Artworks Gallery at the Ohio
Center for History, Art and Technology. It runs
through December 22. John tells me that he last
published his “Art Commentary” some 15 years
ago, in which he discussed his own experiences as
a student and relayed his own views as a mature
painter as to what an art education should consist
of. Here is what his own consisted of: “In my four
years at England’s Derby College of Art I drew
cubes, spears and cones from every conceivable
angle ad infinitum. Before drawing from the model
students had to do two years anatomy by which
time we could draw a complete skeleton from any
position. We then added underlying muscles and
then the main muscles and knew their names.
We drew from the antique life sized plaster cast of
Venus de Milo and other famous sculptures. Two
years of painting models and two years of draw-
ing terminated the standard four-year course.”
John goes on to discuss the virtues of painting
from life, the detriments of painting solely from
photographs, and his views of abstract art and its
self-perpetuating marketing machine. In essence,
he is a believer in the kind of fundamental academic training that he received. He writes that he
is considering a updated version of his comments,
which we will look forward to. As many people
know, he has put his money where his mouth
is by sponsoring scholarships for young artists,
and producing a series of television programs in
which he paints outdoors from life. Entitled John
Stobart’s Worldscapes, they have just been released
in the DVD format this year. There are actually two.
One is Simplifying Outdoor Painting available for
$19.95, and a 2-DVD set John Stobart’s Worldscapes
#1 available for $39.95 by calling 978-921-0761.
One of the institutions John has helped to support
with the proceeds from the sale of his paintings,
prints, books and videos is the Lyme Academy of
Art in Lyme, Connecticut, which as many people
know as the summer home of many of the fine,
turn-of-the-century American Impressionist artists, like John Twachtman, Theodore Robinson,
Childe Hassam, and Guy Wiggins, both father
and son. We were invited to speak right down the
street recently at the Lyme Art Association in
conjunction with their summer marine art exhibit,
which had been organized by painters Yves Parent
and Bill Hanson. It’s a fine organization and fine
gallery space operated by and for the over 800 artist
members. The director Bob Potter left a lucrative
career in television and film to take on the challenges of running it, while his wife Jeanne Potter
left her job at the Corcoran Art Gallery in
Washington, DC to become the director of the
Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport. So between
them they‘ve obviously “cornered the art market”
in southeastern Connecticut.
Speaking of cornering the market, there’s not
better place to accomplish that of course than
on an island. We were in Bermuda recently, the
birthplace of Stephen Card, well-known painter of
ocean liners, whose huge paintings painted on aluminum grace many of the public spaces aboard the
new Queen Mary II. It is also the adopted home of
British painter Deryck Foster whose friendship
with Shorty Trimingham flourished during the
1974 Newport to Bermuda ocean race and resulted
in a regular display of Foster’s work over the years
at Trimingham’s Department Store in downtown
Hamilton. With Trimingham’s now sadly closed,
many of Foster’s paintings depicting important
moments and vessels from the history of Bermuda
like Sea Venture, whose shipwreck resulted in the
establishment of the first colony on the island, to
Bermuda sloops, the privateer EXPERIMENT, and
the elegant liner Queen of Bermuda are out now
on display at the Bermuda Maritime Museum in
the Commissioner’s House as a part of the Bank
of Bermuda Foundation’s collection of marine
art. This is a must see museum for marine art
lovers during a visit to Bermuda. There are eight
buildings in addition to Commissioner’s House
full of art and artifacts which tell the fascinating
maritime history of Bermuda: her role in world
wide trade, international conflicts and tourism
through a great variety of art and artifacts and
actual vessels. View Bermuda Maritime Museum
site at www.bmm.bm.
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A fine article in the Maritime Museum’s own publication MARITimes reveals how Foster has now
turned his talents towards ship model building and
restoration of many of models in the museum’s
collection. It certainly makes sense that he is
able to transfer his knowledge and understanding
of vessels from one medium to another. But his
reflections on the differences between painting
and ship model building are interesting. He says,
“…every painting I do, all I can see are the faults.
Most of the paintings have been a love/hate relationship. You start off with an inspiration and it’s
all going to be fantastic, and then it all goes wrong,
and it’s aggravating. With modeling you may get a
few frustrations, but it’s not the same heartache I
had with painting. With modeling you have something definite in front of you. When you’re trying to
conjure something up in your mind, it’s different.”
The moral of the story here, I think, is that no matter how easy an artist makes it look in the finished
product, the struggle to get from a blank canvas or
paper, or chunk of wood or clay to a finished work
of art is a tremendously difficult one fraught with
peril and uncertainty. Painter Don Demers is fond
of quoting our old friend, now deceased, Frank
Wagner who described painting as a process of
“starting with an perfectly white canvas which
has nothing inherently wrong with it, and going to
work on it with all the potential of ending up with a
picture that has nothing inherently right with it.”
One artist who transferred his skills the other way,
from making ship models to painting was New
Orleans native Joe Wilhelm. When Joe died two
years ago he left behind a number of paintings
he made during the last years of his life of his
favorite subjects, freighters from the 1950s and
‘60s of the United Fruit, Standard Fruit, the
Lykes Lines—mostly in and around the harbor
of New Orleans. These were recently purchased
by current members of the shipping community
during one weekend through an auction set up by
Carleen Lyden Kluss of Morgan Marketing and
Communications, which serves the commercial
maritime industry (morganmarketcomm.com), at
the conference of the Connecticut Maritime
Association, an annual gathering of ship owners, brokers, and port authorities from around
the world. In fact, the relocation of many shipping
company headquarters out of the famed Whitehall
building in lower Manhattan to Connecticut has
resulted in the Connecticut Maritime Association
becoming one of the largest in the industry. The
silent auction was held during the conference with
the proceeds going to benefit the North American
Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA). 19 of
the 20 paintings offered were sold. So it was a win,
win, win all around—ship owners got paintings by
a top marine artist of a subject depiction not often
painted. NAMMA received money in its coffers to
support its fine activities, and Joe Wilhelm’s son
Steve got a new roof on his house, which had been
off for six months, courtesy of Hurricane Katrina.
The March 2006 issue of Maine Boats Homes and
Harbors featured another article about an artist
who uses the skills of one career to enhance another, and who concentrates on iron and steel liners,
freighters and naval vessels from the 19th and 20th
centuries. We’re speaking of course of Scotsman
Ian Marshall, a trained architect who, along with
his brother, was responsible for designing and
building most of the public buildings in Botswana
in Southern Africa. Ian than traveled the world as
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THE AGE OF SAIL – Paintings of Geoffrey Huband
There are perhaps no sea stories captivating and compelling as those involving the massive sailing ships of the 18th and 19th centuries,
where hundreds of men spent months and often years afloat in search of honor, glory and adventure. From the simple struggles
of everyday life afloat on the world’s great oceans in all sorts of weather, to the epic tales of battles at sea that tested the skills and
courage of even the most seasoned sailor, these tales never disappoint in the retelling. Today, Alexander Kent’s 10 novels following
the Royal Navy career of one Richard Bolitho exploring all the tragedies and triumphs of this unique period in history. Alongside
Kent’s words, painter Geoffrey Huband has created dramatic images for the covers of these compelling novels.
STAND INTO DANGER
1774 … His Britannic Majesty’s
twenty-eight-gun frigate DESTINY,
with Lieutenant Richard Bolitho
aboard, closes with the privateer
brigantine HELOISE in the Atlantic,
en route to the Caribbean.
Oil 20” x 28” $12,500
A devotee of Montague Dawson,
Huband is drawn to the period
between 1700-1800, “a period I
regard as the peak achievement
in the combination of function
and beauty in ships…”
U.S.S. CONSTITUTION vs
HMS GUERRIERE
August 19, 1812 … In one of the decisive
battles of the War of 1812, the flagship of
the upstate American Navy soundly defeated the 38 gun British frigate in only 90
minutes off the coast of Nova Scotia. Here
the GUERRIERE’s mizzenmast has just been
shot away.
Oil 24” x 36” $19,000
MAN OF WAR
1817 … His Britannic Majesty’s seventy-four-gun man-of-war ATHENA
unleashes its starboard batteries on
slavers in the Caribbean as it passes
the severely damaged and sinking
frigate, HMS AUDACITY.
Oil 20” x 28” $12,500
the British after there was a huge massacre in
Schenectady to reexamine the fortifications of the
town). He then employed a computer program
known as “Rhino” to draw in the computer the
specifics of the architectural and landscape features
to then create a virtual three dimensional view of
Schenectady in the 17th century, which he could
manipulate to look at from any angle. He literally
set himself up to walk through the streets until he
found an interesting perspective to paint just as if
he were walking through them today. The painting
wound up being a night scene, and he actually could
light it by moonllight exactly the way he wanted
using another program.
Len recently used the same principle to complete a
commission for the Metropolitan Museum of
Art who wanted him to paint what a Dutch tenant
farmhouse would have looked like in the 17th century. They plan to create an exhibit using some
pieces of the farmhouse which they actually have,
augmented by Len’s painting. He’s developed this
technique so thoroughly that he was asked to
speak about it at the National Conference of
American Archeologists who are looking for new
ways to use what their findings tell them. Len actually uses four programs: Rhino; Maya, which he
says is a great rendering program used in movies
like Master and Commander and The Perfect Storm;
Poser, which is the study of the movements of
people and animals, where you can actually set a
person in a certain position, move them twenty
yards ahead, as if they’ve run that distance, then
push a button and “Poser” will show you all the
movements in between, like the famous
Muybridge photographs and Terragin which is
used for modeling seas, distant landscapes, atmospheric elements in the skies. He said these programs
are so sensitive you can actually manipulate the
haze and photo-degeneration of the color spectrum
because of the degrading light in the atmosphere.
His feeling is that these programs give artists
tremendous tools to work from, and will really
influence painters well into the future. But like
everything else, it has taken an artist who understands these needs to interpret the technology to
be used for artistic purposes.
He put this to the test firsthand recently during his
workshop in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Where some
artists will take the students outdoors and have
them paint from life or reference material, Len
showed up with a kit for each student consisting of
a large flat reflective surface on which was placed
an amorphously cut organic shape of cardboard,
not very thick, and then seven blocks shaped from
pyramidal to square. He asked these students to
arrange all these pieces as each of them wanted to.
He then photographed each one from above, gave
them architectural and some landscape detail and
created a printout for each student from which they
could make a painting. In essence what they did was
create a small village scene, but in the end had to
use the power of their imaginations to translate that
into a final picture. As he says, in his view paintings
really are inventions. He said, “Reality doesn’t look
like any painting. A painting just feels like reality.”
In the it’s never to late to go to school category, you wonder what well-known marine artist
Christopher Blossom has been up to. In addition
to being the only marine artist invited to participate year after year in two of the biggest art shows
in the west, the Prix de West held in Oklahoma
City each year and the annual exhibition at the
Gene Autry Museum outside Los Angeles. Chris
enrolled as a student in Len’s class this spring.
Like all highly creative people, he’s always looking
for new ways to approach the problems of seeing
and making a painting. So Len’s students got a real
treat, having two highly skilled professional artists
to observe in the same class.
The Greenwich Workshop in Shelton, Connecticut
recently published a new giclée on canvas of
Chris’s painting “U.S. Frigate Congress of the
California Coast” in a limited edition of only 75. It
depicts the flagship of the California fleet during
the War with Mexico. It contains all of the subtlety
and strength we’ve come to associate with Chris’s
paintings. The print measures 18”x24” and sells
for $595. To order call 800-243-4260, or visit
greenwichfinearts.com.
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Joseph Wilhelm (1923-2002)
Tug DALZELLINE in the Hudson River
Oil 16” x 23” $5,000
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an architect on behalf of the United Nations, along
the way observing and painting in all the famous
and not so famous ports of the world. Over the
last 30+ years he has created over 400 paintings,
and authored and illustrated 5 volumes, mostly
on ships, but one on Flying Boats. It’s interesting to hear his reflections on the difficulties of
painting, and in his case working in watercolor.
He always starts his painting by soaking his sheet
of watercolor paper in the bath tub, then taping it
down to a board and allowing it to dry. (Look first
when bathing in the Marshall household.) While
he’s actually painting, he works quickly. He says,
“For these paintings of historical subjects, much
the greater time is not on the paper. It is in thinking, reading and looking at photographs. The ship
is quite a complicated object. One misconception
is that it will look the same from angle to angle,
no matter how far you are from it.” But he says,
“You must always take into account that an object
flattens out as one moves away from it. Heat, light,
sound, all the behaviors of the elements come to
play,” says Ian. He wants his paintings to reflect
the experience of observing a ship while at sea. He
says, “You get an effect quickly, a passing effect.
The next time you look at the ship she’s swung
into mooring, the light has changed. And it’s that
glimpse that stays in the mind.” In fact, many artists tell us that it’s that single, brief moment that
often forms the kernel of an idea that becomes the
basis for a very complex painting.
The fine article on Ian was written by Robert
Lloyd Webb, the author of the recently published
book Sailor–Painter, the Uncommon Life of Charles
Robert Patterson. See our book page for details,
and our exhibition page for more details on the
exhibition on Patterson’s work being held at the
Heritage Museum on Cape Cod this summer.
Maine Boats Homes and Harbors is where you can
also find the regular column “In the Lee of the
Boathouse” by Peter Spectre well known for his
“On the Waterfront” column for many years in
WoodenBoat magazine. It’s chock full of fascinating information and well worth the price of the
magazine by itself.
If you’ve ever visited Monhegan Island you will
have walked by the summer studio of the National
Academy painter Don Stone. It’s interesting to
listen to him describe his philosophy and techniques. Don says, “I make a lot of thumbnail
sketches before starting the actually painting. The
painting, I have found from experience, will be no
better than the thumbnail. So it’s important to get
it right.” He says, “When it comes to making the
painting I do not draw the image and then color
it in. I work directly from the beginning with the
brush. As I add paint I use the brush to follow the
contour of the subject matter, for instance, the
shape of a wave.” Although he paints right on
site, like many artists he avails himself of modern
technologies to gather and retain information. In
his view “a photograph is to inform not to copy. I‘ve
often thought how envious my predecessors would
be to see me use my video camera to film a wave
breaking on a rocky coast, and then play it back on
a monitor, still frame by still frame to study each
second of motion!”
Through the years artists have always been looking
for an edge regardless of their era to help them
translate what they’re seeing in the real or imagined world into a believable, artistic creation.
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From the use of 17th century Camera Obscuras and
various “perspective” machines to the development of the still and video camera of the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, and now the computer,
the artist has always been in the vanguard of
adapting technology in innovative ways.
For artists today, the ample wealth of information
that the computer provides, such as reference
material on ships, harbors, individuals, etc., can
simply open up new subject matter. Some artists
use the computer to manipulate color and objects
through various software programs like “Photo
Shop” to augment their research with the camera.
Painter Len Tantillo has been pioneering his own
unique methods. His interest continues to be in
recreating the Dutch Colonial history of the New
York area, from Albany down the Hudson River,
including New York Bay and Long Island Sound.
In the past, when Len has made detailed recreations
of, let’s say, the waterfront in Albany, he’s worked
with a model builder to literally build three dimensional cardboard models of a section of town he’s
looking at in order to assure the accuracy of his
final work. Incredibly, he says his whole approach
changed when he first saw the movie Shrek! He’s
now, after about a year and a half of experimenting,
taught himself how to employ the same computer
technology used to make that animated movie to
make what he calls “digital” or “virtual” models on
the computer. It’s a pretty fascinating process he
began when he was asked to make a painting of
Schenectady, New York. Using the computer, he was
able to take the current city plan of Schenectady,
and overlay it on a map drawn by British engineer
William Rohmer in 1690 (who was assigned by
Paul Garnett
Eagle of the Sea – U.S.S. CONSTITUTION off the Coast of La Gabriel South America, September 29, 1799
Oil 24” x 36” $9,500
In the summer of 1799, the Constitution took aboard her second commander since her launching, Silas Talbot. In this painting, I have elected not to show the ship in one of her famous encounters with
enemy ships but rather to let the viewer see her in her full sailing glory. She was off the coast of South America at the time, patrolling for French shipping. In the painting, her famous yellow-ochre
gun stripe, as well as her original ornate stern and hammock netting in the waist, are clearly seen. I also had hoped that particular view I had chosen to paint would give each person a sense of her
grace, great beauty, some feel of her original appearance as well as her legendary speed under sail.
Paul Garnett