Saturday, January 30, 2016

Franz Xaver Sandmann artwork

Charles Bridge, memorable lime-tree, 1840.
by Franz Xaver Sandmann (1805-1856)
1840, Color Drawing
Sandmann was a illustrator, lithographer, and landscape painter.
He was born in Strasbourg, Alsace.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Robert Salmon paintings

Ferryboat
by Robert Salmon (1775 - c. 1845)
1835, oil on panel, 10" × 12.5"

Salmon was a British maritime artist, born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England.
 
View of Venice
by Robert Salmon
1845, oil on canvas, 25.5" × 55"
 
British Merchantman in the River Mersey off Liverpool
by Robert Salmon
1809, oil on canvas, 28" × 50.6"

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Antoni Lange painting

Town by a Riverbank
Attributed to Antoni Lange (circa 1779-1844)
19th century, 29" x 41"
Austrian painter, lithographer, and set designer; he was born in Vienna.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Théodore de Gudin painting


Ships By The Coast
Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin (1802 -1880)
circa 1834, oil on canvas
French painter, born in Paris


Friday, January 8, 2016

Paintings of Vilhelm Melbye


Shipping off Gibraltar
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1880, oil on canvas, 28.5" × 46"

Melbye was born in Elsinore, Denmark 

In dangerous waters off Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1864, oil on canvas, 34.5" × 60"
 
From the coast of Cornwall
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1880, oil on canvas, 29.5" × 46.5"
 
A Spanish xebec and other commercial craft in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar at sunset
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1873, oil on canvas, 35.7" × 60"
 
Xebecs and other shipping off Gibralter at sunset
by Vilhelm Melbye (1824-1882)
1876, oil on canvas, 21.7" × 34.3"