Maritime Art....

[N4521U]

Most of us know Robert Taylor for his aviation art, but do you know he does maritime as well? This is a print I have on my wall in the dining area. Nelson and the Battle of the Nile. I do have a Few of his aircraft prints as well. There is a book, Robert Taylor Maritime Art, and it's a beauty. And, don't you love it when a tall ship is under full sail in a blustering wind, and the flag is "following" the ship, straight out the back!!!!!!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff guys. I agree Igor, the Titanic always looks good in paintings.

 

[Crimea_River]

Bill, I've followed Robert Taylor for some time now and was aware of his maritime art. I have 3 signed Taylor prints, all aviation but none maritime. I think he's one of the best out there.

 

[Lucky13]

Love those old classic liners.... 8)

 

[Lucky13]

*Bump!* 8)

 

[nuuumannn]

One of my favourite classical artists is JMW Turner (Joseph Mallord William) who is renown for his broody skyscapes and use of light and shade to convey a mood. He's known for his landscapes, but in fact was a prominent and prolific maritime artist. By comparison to today's crisp and detailed renditions of vessels, Turner's work appears muddy and cloudy, but is recognised as being exceptional for its use of colour to capture a mood. One thing I read once about his work was that the bright fiery red skies in his paintings may have been as a result of high levels of ash in the atmosphere in the early 1800s as a result of volcanic eruptions in the Southern Hemisphere.

Here is a google link to his maritime work:

https://www.google.co.nz/search?um=...urce=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=6RNQUsDIFo2giQedkYCgAQ

You can see two of his most famous works, the Fighting Temeraire and the Battle of Trafalgar, which hangs in the Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth. It was heavily criticised at the time for romanticising the battle and for not being realistic in its scale; the Victory is depicted looking larger than what it would have been in real life, but Turner followed his masters' descriptions of what they wanted to the letter; his stylistic rendition of the battle incorporated features that could not have been seen at the same time, but invoke an acute sense of the action when viewing the work.

 

[Glider]

There is something about a tall ship.

When our son was 21 we agreed that instead of paying for a party we would give him an experience that would give him memories. So on his big day we told him that he was booked on a trans atlantic voyage on a tall ship. He still talks about it today 9 years later.

They were caught out once when the weather turned during the night and they had to go aloft and haul in the sails. As he said, if the deck is swaying you can imagine what it was like out on the yardarm. The person who was reckoned to be the bravest was a girl from Texas who hadn't even seen the sea before the voyage.

If any of you have children approaching a big day, I strongly suggest you think about it. It different, off the wall and will never be forgotten

 

[vikingBerserker]

Hack I would love to do that!

 

[Glider]

The organisation that Peter went with are as follows
Tall Ships Youth Trust - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At the time it was called the Sail Training Association and took people up to the age of 65 but now they concentrate on the young, if you call young 80!!

The ship he was on was the Prince William that was sold to the Pakistan Navy.

 

[Lucky13]

Both by Donald MacLeod at Maritime art by St Ives artist Donald MacLeod.  Old Cornish Harbours.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[ontos]

Great thread, love these tall ships. I sure would not want to be on one running a broadside, they put some nasty stuff in those cannons.

 

[Lucky13]

"There is no sight like a sailing vessel ashore, nothing so eloquently tragic . . . Mechanically propelled vessels have not the personality and even when stricken upon the rocks they do not make an appeal to the heart as do their more graceful sisters of the wind."

 

[ARTESH]

Lucky13 :
Jan, These two arts are from "Operation Pearl" which was done by Iranian Navy during Iran - Iraq War. In short, Iraqi Navy was crippled at 67th day of War, loosing more than 70% of its manpower and strength.

Unfortunately, no info about artists, but both are drawn shortly after end of war.

Operation Morvarid - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Lucky13]

Which books would yous recommend regarding maritime art?

 

[Glider]

I have a couple and the best by some margin is Sea Painters World by Geoff Hunt. It contains a number of very good pictures but also goes into a fair bit of detail over how he plans and researches the picture before starting.

 

[SaparotRob]

Did he paint HMS Hood? On Drachinifel's YT channel he had a show on naval art. This artist had Hood passing through misses from Bismarck. Those misses were researched.

 

[Glider]

Did he paint HMS Hood? On Drachinifel's YT channel he had a show on naval art. This artist had Hood passing through misses from Bismarck. Those misses were researched.

Probably not as he specialised in 18th and 19th century warships

 

[Lucky13]

John Atkinson Grimshaw....