Marine Art - Resources for Artists

What is marine art?

About marine, nautical and maritime art

The Marine Art Information Center

The focal point for marine art on the WWW. Information
on maritime art: auctions, galleries,history, photography, reference materials and museums

Nautical art sets sail; this classic genre is anchored in tradition but has begun sailing in uncharted waters

Art Business News, June, 2002 by Lisa Crawford Watson

Marine Art & Seascapes in Art Galleries and Museums

National Gallery, London - Marine Art

Marine Art in the National Gallery, London

National Maritime Museum - Art and the Sea

The art of the sea is an art of the modern era: of expanding cities, international power and wealth creation.

Maritime Art Greenwich

Maritime Art Greenwich is a learning resource combining subject expertise and the National Maritime Museum's oil painting collection.

National Galleries of Scotland - Seascapes

Seascapes in the National Galleries of Scotland

NGA: Themes in American Art: Marine Painting

A National Gallery of Art resource on themes in American Art.

Discover Your Maritime Heritage | National Maritime Museum Cornwall | Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall

To promote an understanding of boats and their place in people's lives, and of the maritime heritage of Cornwall.
Includes a collection of pictures of the maritime history of Cornwall

National Maritime Museum Cornwall | Discovery Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall

Index of some of the featured paintings of Cornish maritime history

Notable Marine Artists in History

Biographies A-Z

National Maritime Museum - biographies of maritime artists

A Historical Overview of Marine artists

A Historical Overview by J Russell Jinishian

Mr Jinishian was director of Mystic Maritime Gallery, America's largest gallery specialising in marine art, from 1985 to 1995. He now operates a private gallery and lectures widely on marine art. This is an excerpt from "Bound for Blue Waters"

Biography of Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

National Maritime Museum - Biography of Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1566-1640)

Dutch marine painter. The founder of Dutch marine painting, Vroom introduced the marine subject to western European painting as an independent genre.

Biography of Simon de Vlieger

Biography of Simon de Vlieger (circa 1600-1653)

Dutch artist whose reputation rests mainly with marine paintings. In his marine paintings, the imaginary views of beaches and ships in a calm, depicted in monochrome tones in the manner of Jan Porcellis, predominated at first, although he developed imaginative, craggy coastlines of his own from many drawn studies.

Biography of Willem van de Velde, the Elder

Biography of Willem van de Velde, the Elder (1611-93)

Dutch marine painter and draughtsman. Born in Leiden, he was active in Amsterdam and from 1672/73 in London, where he later died. The son of a seaman, he gained his raw material through direct observation of ships and naval action. He was an insatiable draughtsman, constantly at sea both in times of peace and war. He recorded some of the most important engagements of the Dutch and English fleets, giving an eyewitness account of such historic events as the Four Days' Fight, 1666. His accurate portrayal of ships and craft proves his detailed knowledge of their construction and decoration, and is invaluable for historical studies.

Biography of Willem van de Velde, the Younger

Biography of Willem van de Velde, the Younger (1633-1707)

One of the best-known and most influential Dutch marine painters, active in England from 1672/73. He was born in Leiden to a family of artists; his father Willem van de Velde the Elder was a marine painter.

Biography of Charles Brooking

Biography of Charles Brooking (1723-59)

English painter, born in London. Brooking was probably self-taught but was none the less the finest English marine artist of the mid-century.

Biography of Dominic Serres, the Elder

Serres recorded the naval events of the Seven Years War (1756-63) - most notably the capture of Havana in 1762, in a series of 10 paintings in the National Maritime Museum, London - and of the American War of Independence (1776-83), working for a predominantly naval clientele. He also painted many other marine subjects and some landscapes. In 1780 he was appointed Marine Painter to George III.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Thomas Eakins

Esteemed for his powers of characterization and mastery of technique, Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) is recognized as one of America's foremost painters, a master draftsman and watercolorist

Art and Sea

The new interactive marine artists dictionnary, with biographies, pictures and links. Plenty more info, blog, forum, classified

Societies for Marine Artists

The Royal Society of Marine Artists

The Society was founded in 1939 and is widely recognised for being the focal point for much of Britain's finest marine art. The RSMA currently has an active membership numbering 51.

The Society's common theme is the sea, and Members work is as wide and varied as the subject. Traditions such as plein-air, topographical, historical, still life, and figure painting are all welcomed. The work is representational in the broadest sense, and the range of media includes oil painting, watercolour, acrylics and pastels, as well as drawings, prints, and the occasional sculpture.

American Society of Marine Artists

The American Society of Marine Artists was founded in 1978 as a non-profit, tax exempt organization, whose objective is to recognize and promote marine art and history, and to encourage cooperation among artists, historians, marine enthusiasts and others engaged in activities related to marine art and maritime history.

Australian Society of Marine Artists

Australian Society of Marine Artists promoting maritime art in Australia. Membership is open to Australian citizens and residents of Australia. For artists, entry to Membership is by selection only.

Canadian Society of Marine Artists

The Canadian Society of Marine Artists is a not-for-profit non-profit administered by the Archives and Collections Society and is dedicated to Canadian maritime art promotion, conservation, exhibition and education

International Society of Marine Painters.

ISMP's purpose is to unite artists in fellowship and to combine their efforts in the advancement of marine and maritime art.

The Wapping Group of Artists - Home Page

The Wapping Group was formally founded in1946 and initially met to record the busy life of London's dockland. This companionable band of just 25 dedicated and capable painters maintains the original Group aims of fellowship and enthusiastic recording and interpretation of the River Thames

International Society of Marine Painters.

ISMP's purpose is to unite artists in fellowship and to combine their efforts in the advancement of marine and maritime art.

Marine Art Society Exhibitions

The Royal Society of Marine Artists - Annual Exhibition

The Annual Exhibition of the RSMA is held in October and is open to work by non-members.

Entries from non-members are welcomes and every year there are hundreds of works submitted for consideration by the Selection Committee and those selected are hung in the Mall Galleries alongside the work of Members. Entry forms and details are available from the Mall Galleries www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Silver Anniversary (25th Annual) Exhibition

The Silver Anniversary of the Society of the Canadian Society of Marine Artists, opened with a Gala evening, Friday 2nd May 2008. This spectacular show of fifty-three new works by the CSMA and invited artists will be exhibited through 22nd of June.

Mystic Seaport: Maritime Art Gallery - Annual Exhibition

Award Winners
28th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition

Click the image to find out more about the painting and the artist who won the award

Making a Mark: REVIEW: Royal Society of Marine Artists - 65th Annual Exhibition 2010

This year's exhibition once more features the work of some of best marine artists working today. Both members and non-members have been out on the water, under it, alongside it and scouring coastlines for new subjects whilst all the time relating their artwork to the sea and tidal waters.

Contemporary exhibitions of art relating to the sea and coast

Richard Hagen - Fine Art Gallery - Around Britain's Coastline

Around Britain's Coastline 7 - 21 June 2008
Includes art by George Birrell, Gordon Bryce, David Curtis, Norman Edgar, Mary Fedden, Terry Frost, James Fullarton, Sasha Harding, Charles Jamieson, Paul Murray, Margot Perryman, David Rust, Charles Simpson and John Whitley

Around Britain's Coastline - Richard Hagen - Fine Art Gallery

Richard Hagen specialises in contemporary British art.
Around Britain's Coastline 9 - 23 June 2007

Notable Marine Artists - UK

The Royal Society of Marine Artists - Members Gallery

This page illustrates work by Members of the RSMA and illustrates the wide variety of subjects painted that nevertheless relate to the sea. To see any individual image enlarged, just click on the picture.

Marine Art Geoff Hunt

Marine Art by Geoff Hunt President R.S.M.A., painter of the covers of the Patrick O'Brian books.

Paul Banning RI RSMA AROI

Paul Banning RI RSMA AROI
Marine Paintings in watercolour and oil

David Curtis ROI, RSMA

David Curtis - Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Oil Paintings and Watercolour paintings.

Robert Lloyd Marine Artist

Robert Lloyd is a Marine Artist with a worldwide reputation for producing visually stunning and technically accurate paintings for the Marine Industry, Private Individuals and Museum collections.

Bert Wright PPRSMA FRSA Marine Artist

Bert Wright PPRSMA FRSA is Past President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, President of the prestigious London Wapping Group, President of the Ealing Art Group and a member of the Chelsea Art Society.

Sheila Macleod Robertson RSMA

Sheila Macleod Robertson RSMA, artist in oil by knife, of Scottish and Cornish marine landscapes.

David Curtis ROI RSMA

David Curtis - Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Oil Paintings and Watercolour paintings. Artist and author of a number of art instruction books and DVDs

Seascape paintings by James Bartholomew RSMA

Seascape paintings by James Bartholomew RSMA.
The sea and British coastline have been my main source of inspiration for many years now with bodies of work from Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, Western Scotland, the Western Isles and St Kilda.

Keith Noble RSMA

Keith Noble RSMA - artworks past and present; news of forthcoming events or galleries he will be participating in, including the RSMA, Royal Society of Marine Artists held at the Mall Galleries in London

Notable Marine Artists - USA

Donald Demers FSMA - J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Inc.

Donald Demers is a "fellow" of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), a member of the Guild of Boston Artists, and has won a record 15 awards at the Mystic International Marine Art Exhibition, Mystic, CT since 1982. His marine paintings have been featured in a number of publications including American Artist, Yachting, Nautical Quarterly, Nautical World, Offshore, Maine Boats, Marine Boats and Harbors, and Fine Art Connoisseur.

Michel Brosseau - Eisenhauer Gallery of Edgartown, MA

Recently published in American Art Collector magazine Michel Brosseau's work is dedicated to easel paintings on sea-side themes, in which he lays a graphic and contemporary look, taking the subject out of anecdote and simple representation.
He is a French artist exhibiting on Cape Cod.

Notable Marine Artists - Australia

Don Braben FSMA - Maritime Paintings of Distinction

Don Braben FSMA is an internationally known marine artist based in Brisbane . Don paints many aspects of the sea, ships and docks, both historical and contemporary using oils, watercolours and acrylics.

Marine Art Blogs

Landscape and Marine Painting Blog

All artwork © Alistair Butt ARSMA

Sarah Wimperis - The Red Shoes

Sarah Wimperis paints the Cornish coastline, rivers and boatyards. She's a gallery artist with the Beside the Wave Gallery in Falmouth

Beside The Wave - the Gallery blog

This is the Blog of Beside The Wave, Cornwall's leading gallery specialising in contemporary landscape art. Here you can find out about the gallery artists and their art and what goes on behind the scenes of one of Cornwall's most established galleries. Based in Falmouth, Cornwall, it holds the largest collection of landscape and seascape paintings in Cornwall.

The Cycling Artist - In the studio, on the shore

I'm an American London-based artist painting the English seaside from an ongoing cycle journey around the coast.

Marine Art Gallery

a blog about marine art and maritime artists

Marine Oil Paintings

This blog is intended as a reference resource for seascape painters (particularly those working in oils) and for art lovers. It's a mix of nautical/maritime art, seascapes and coastal scenes, both old and new.

Maritime art dealers

J. Russell Jinishian Gallery homepage

J. Russell Jinishian,America's Leading Authority on Contemporary Marine Art.

Recognized as the USA's leading specialists in 19th, 20th, and 21st century marine art from America and Europe. Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Scrimshaw, Ship Models. Located one hour from New York City.

Maritime Prints - Nearly 150 images of the nautical scene of the period 1800 - 2000

Welcome to Maritime Prints. We specialise in producing small numbers of Limited Edition prints of rare pictures (watercolours, etchings and oils) of maritime interest of the late 1890s-1950s by artists who are, without exception, extremely well known in marine art circles. Most of our pictures have

Art Marine. Limited edition prints and paintings by marine artists.

Limited edition prints and paintings by marine artists including Geoff Hunt RSMA, illustrator of the covers of the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin novels

Marine Art Auctions

Maritime Pictures | Sale Departments | Christie's

Currently the market leader for Maritime Pictures, Christie's holds two dedicated Maritime sales a year in London (in May and November). Christie's Maritime Pictures sales feature paintings, drawings and watercolors from the 1600 through to the present day and exceptional ship models.

Fine marine art auctions: Bonhams

Marine painting and picture auctions - plus valuations for sale/auction.
Bonhams normally two marine art auctions a year which are held in January and August. Catalogs and results are on line.

Rivercraft and Maritime Art Auctions: Bonhams

Auctions also include rivercraft

Nautical Art and the Tall Ships

painting traditional ships

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Nautical art sets sail; this classic genre is anchored in tradition but has begun sailing in uncharted waters from Art Business News provided by Find Articles at BNET

Information for marine artists

The Marine Art Information Center

The focal point for marine art on the Internet.
Information on maritime art: auctions, galleries,history, photography, reference materials and museums

Naval Biographical Database

Naval Biographical Database provides detailed information on people, places, ships and events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660.

Marine Art Quarterly. J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Inc.

MARINE ART QUARTERLY

Port Townsend School of Maritime Art %u2022 Port Townsend, WA

The Port Townsend School of Maritime Art teaches drawing, painting and photography in a workshop setting, with local and visiting artists in a maritime environment.