Origin: American

If a person may be measured by the work he or she leaves the world, Samuel Ward Stanton equates well with any marine artist. An avid scholar and author, his diverse body of work focuses on the subject of his primary interest, American steamships. It's as an artist that he is best remembered; rightly so,…

Having lived a full and adventurous life, Sydney Laurence may well have looked at his historic paintings of Alaska as his greatest accomplishment. Widely regarded as Alaska's premier resident artist, Laurence studied under Edward Moran with the National Academy of Design in the 1880s and enrolled in 1889 in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in…

The first American marine artist- arguably anyway -Birch forms a bridge from the ‘old world masters' to the post-colonial pride of the new world. Built upon the foundations of his father's influence and admiration for the works of french artist Claude-Joseph Vernet, he would produce some of the finest marine paintings of the early 19th…

Early American marine artists are more often than not European immigrants taught in the traditions and schools of their native lands. Burnham is a notable exception to this, demonstrating an accomplished style and refined eye in the execution of his marine, landscape and genre paintings. Technically sharp, the joy of an American-born artist painting marines…

The best known of the prominent Moran family of painters, Thomas Moran was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England and came with his family to America at the age of seven. He began his artistic career in Philadelphia, sharing a studio with his older brother Edward. He exhibited his first collection of oils at the Pennsylvania…

Born in Connecticut, the artist moved to New York City where he was employed in the manufacture and sales of silk thread. In 1880, he ventured into business for himself, taking commissions from owners to portray their well-known New York area yachts. As his reputation grew, he received many commissions from the elite New York…

Sheppard was a true Renaissance Man: successful as an artist, teacher, author, yachtsman, navigator and yacht designer. He studied painting under the excellent M.F.H. de Haas in New York City, and received his formal art training at the Cooper Union. He was born on the Delaware River in Greenwich, New Jersey, a place associated with…

William Alexander Coulter grew up in a seafaring family along the rugged Northeast coast of Ireland. His father was a coast guard captain and two of his brothers were captains in the China Trade. At the age of thirteen young William shipped aboard his first square rigger as ship’s boy. Since the age of seven,…

William Birchall was an American born watercolorist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa who later chose to emigrate to England where he settled permanently in Hastings. From his studio there he painted well into the 20th century earning acclaim for his excellent style reminiscent of traditional 19th century marine painting. Painting chiefly in watercolors, Birchall created many…

Born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts to a Quaker father who was a ship-fitter, Bradford was formally trained in marine art first sharing a studio with Albert van Beest. In the 1860s he opened a studio in New York and began photographing his subjects as a reference to use in finishing paintings in his studio. This technique…

Listed as a folk painter in New York City, and his home town of Jacksonville, Illinois.

Born in Boston to a New England family of shipbuilders, Norton’s interest in ships led him initially to a career at sea. After his sea service, he enrolled at both Harvard Medical School and the Lowell Institute, where his interest in art led him to study under the master American landscape painter, George Inness. Later…

William Goadby Lawrence was one of America's foremost marine artists of the 20th Century. Born in Rumson, New Jersey, on August 17, 1913, he was the youngest son of Robert Cutting and Marguerite Lowe Lawrence. He became an artist at a very young age, attended the Art Students League in New York and had his…

The name of "T. Bailey" has been a somewhat mysterious artistic nomenclature. Recent discoveries support the identity as belonging to American artist William Paskell, who in an effort to maximize his output and patron possibilities in the era of the Great Depression, painted maritime oil on canvas subjects under the name ‘T. Bailey', and as…

American sea painter William Pierce Stubbs was born in Bucksport, Maine in 1842. As the son of sea captain Reuben Stubbs his childhood years were filled with a fascination for the sea and the great sailing ships that worked their way along the Maine coast. Little is known about the early period of his life,…

Perhaps the leading Californian artist to paint scenes of the ocean, William Ritschel used an international education and his firsthand experiences at sea to inspire some purely divine maritime and marine theme paintings. Born in Germany, he apprenticed in with merchant shipping interests and sketched many scenes of his wide voyages. He briefly studied art…

Although very little is known about the artist, the Chicago based Torgerson worked throughout the Great Lakes area, usually from direct commissions. He worked at one time for the Cunard Steamship Company who made commercial lithographs from his paintings of their ocean liners. Today works by William Torgerson are represented in the permanent collections of…

Born in Philadelphia, William Trost Richards became one of America’s truly great artists. Initially a designer, he was a student of American artist Paul Weber and in 1853 embarked on a three year journey to study art in Florence, Rome, Paris, and Dusseldorf. At first Richards was recognized for his landscapes and still lifes painted…

William Lowe's sincere interest in all things maritime originates from his many years of living and boating along the coasts of Southern California. He took to his artistic talents as a young man, and used his natural ability with color to work in the paint manufacturing industry as a professional color matcher. He now pursues…

The son of Scottish-American artist Russell Smith, marine painter Xanthus Smith was born in Philadelphia where he would spend the majority of his life as an artist. While studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, he also attended art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy. He would later attend the Royal Academy in London to further…