Collector's Journal — Marine Painting
Beneath the Storm Clouds: A Dramatic Welsh Coastal Painting by Moss Williams (1894–1975)
Art History Birds in Flight British Fine Art Coastal Landscape Fine Art Collectors Gwynedd Marine Painting Mid-Century Art Moss Williams North Wales Oil on Board Paris Salon Storm Painting Welsh Art Welsh Landscape Painting
Discover Lightning Storm Over a Rocky Coastal Shore, an atmospheric oil painting by Welsh artist Moss Williams (1894–1975), circa 1950–1960. Featuring dramatic storm clouds, birds in flight and a rugged shoreline, this evocative landscape also bears an intriguing Paris Salon-related label. With provenance from a Gwynedd deceased estate, the painting offers a fascinating insight into mid-20th-century Welsh art and ongoing historical research.
The Wiscombe Park: A Historic Ship Portrait Attributed to Reginald Arthur Borstel
Art Research Australian Maritime History British Maritime History Marine Painting Maritime Art Provenance Reginald Arthur Borstel Ship Portrait Sunderland Shipbuilding Wiscombe Park
Researching the historic three-masted sailing ship Wiscombe Park, its Liverpool and Australian history, maritime flags and possible attribution to Reginald Arthur Borstel.
RMS Lusitania: Captain William Turner and the Last Voyage of a Cunard Legend
Art Research Atlantic Liners British Maritime History Captain William Thomas Turner Collectors Journal Criterion Auctioneers Cunard Cunard Line Edwardian Ocean Liners First World War Lusitania Marine Painting Maritime Art Maritime History Naval History Ocean Liners Provenance Research RMS Lusitania Ship Portrait U-20 Walther Schwieger William Turner WW1
An atmospheric marine portrait remembers RMS Lusitania as the magnificent Cunard liner she had been, opening the story of Captain William Thomas Turner, her final Atlantic crossing and one of the defining maritime tragedies of the First World War.
Potosi: Around Cape Horn in the Final Great Age of Sail
Age of Sail Art Research Cape Horn Chilean Nitrate Trade Collectors Journal Drake Passage F Laeisz Five Masted Barque Flying P-Liners German Maritime History M Job Marine Painting Maritime Art Maritime History Potosi Provenance Research Robert Hilgendorf Sailing Ships Ship Portrait Tall Ships Tayler & Fletcher Windjammer
A dramatic circa 1900 oil painting captures the legendary five-masted barque Potosi driving through mountainous southern seas, revealing the extraordinary story of the Flying P-Liners, the Chilean nitrate trade and the final great age of commercial sail.
Storm Over Bamburgh: Shipwreck, Rescue and the Victorian Northumberland Coast
Anderson & Garland Art Research Bamburgh Bamburgh Castle British Art British Marine Art Coastal Painting Collectors Journal Farne Islands Forfarshire Grace Darling John Wilson Carmichael Marine Painting Maritime History Maritime Rescue Newcastle Art Northumberland Northumberland Coast Provenance Research Shipwreck Shipwreck Painting Victorian Art Victorian Marine Painting
A dramatic Victorian marine painting places a wrecked sailing vessel beneath the ancient walls of Bamburgh Castle, revealing the dangers of the Northumberland coast and its remarkable history of shipwreck, rescue and maritime survival.
