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An Illustration from "Tugboat Annie"
By Harold von Schmidt
Located in Fort Washington, PA
illustrated many stories for the Saturday Evening Post including "Tugboat Annie" written by Norman Reilly
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET
By Otto Muhlenfeld
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Atlantic Ocean possible. Later in 1913 an entire class of tugboats would carry her name and a similar
Category

1890s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Impressionist Oil Painting Industrial Tugboat Scene by Hayley Lever
By Richard Hayley Lever
Located in Toledo, OH
Impressionist oil painting industrial tugboat scene on board by Hayley Lever, 1875-1958. Australian
Category

20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Wood

Marine Seascape New York Tugboat Maritime Painting by Parker Newton
By Parker Newton
Located in Sarasota, FL
. Lovely painting depicting a tugboat and a boat in the background. Housed in a lovely small gold gilt
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

Porthole View: Tugboat at Twilight, Original Still Life Painting, 2020
By Denise Mumm
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This painting is a twilight view of a passing tugboat, as seen from the galley
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Mixed Media

Skyline and Tugboat, East River, New York City
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Greenwich, CT
Samuel Grunvald excelled at watercolors and was a native New Yorker who portrayed his city as such as he depicted its skyline, architecture and particular character with love and ent...
Category

1940s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937 Signed lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 3/4
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor Detailed harbor
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

River Bure, Norfolk. East Anglia. English Rural Landscape. Tugboat and Barges.
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by Rowland Hilder and dates from the 1950s. The painted
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Irish 20th Century Tugboat Oil on Canvas by Chuck Clee
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Irish 20th century Tugboat oil on canvas by Chuck Clee.
Category

Vintage 1980s Irish Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Walnut

Tugboat and City Street, Double-sided Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tugboat and City Street (28) Eve Nethercott, American (1925–2015) Date: circa 1960 Two-Sided
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Bonnie Bill - Tugboat at the Dock in Boston - Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Harbor scene by Claire Weist (American, 1930-2014). The Bonnie Bill is docked along with several other boats. Seagulls circle overhead in a pale sky. The colors in this piece are bol...
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Fleet, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
. Hardly a fleet but close enough. Three tugboats waiting for a job. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Heading Out to Sea, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Anthony Dunphy
Located in Yardley, PA
A tugboat is leaving harbor to go out to sea for another day of work. This seascape incorporates
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled Mid Century Abstract Oil Painting New York Artist
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
which conveys just the feeling" that the subjects—East River tugboats, old garages, and scenes around
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960s NYC East River Cityscape Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
tugboat and Silhouette figure in the foreground are juxtaposed with the highly illuminated background of
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Oil Painting by Well Known Cartoonist and Illustrator Upper East Side, Manhattan
By Sandy Huffaker
Located in Surfside, FL
East River and tugboat in background. The 1970s were the “glory days,” Huffaker says, for himself and a
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Leda and the Swan, an early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Allegorical Painting
By Fernand Allard L'Olivier
Located in Cotignac, FR
An early 20th century aesthetic movement allegorical oil on canvas painting of Leda and the Swan by
Category

Early 20th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Oil on Canvas Painting Artwork by Pierre Peltier Vintage Antique City
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
cityscape. The painting depicts a tugboat in trouble on the Seine at Pont Neuf. Titled 'La Seine au Pont
Category

Vintage 1920s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

TUGBOAT AFLOAT Signed Lithograph, Ship in a Bottle, Seascape, Blue Water
By Fanny Brennan
Located in Union City, NJ
TUGBOAT AFLOAT is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny
Category

1990s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Chestnut Street's New Theatre
Located in Fort Washington, PA
mystery stories in The Saturday Evening Post. He also illustrated the “Tugboat Annie” series for the same
Category

1940s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Expressionist Notre Dame of Paris with the Seine River and Tugboat
By Gen Paul
Located in New York, NY
. Painting Depicts a mixed media gouache view of Notre Dame with a tugboat on the Seine River. Overall 34 x
Category

1940s Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Cunard-White Star Lines R.M.S. QUEEN MARY and Moet Chandon Original Advertising
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
which floats in the water. The painting is nearly complete, with only pieces of text remaining to fill
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

'Fishing Boat in Harbor', Oakland, California, Woman artist
By Paula Koloday
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A mid-century oil of a tugboat moored in a calm harbor with a view towards a misty industrial port
Category

1960s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ness Harbor, Butt of Lewis, Scotland. Hebrides. Western Isles Landscape
By Gyrth Russell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
inches ( 53.5cm x 74cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by Gyrth Russell and dates
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Statue of Liberty”
By John Crimmins
Located in Southampton, NY
Crimmins. Here in this painting of the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York harbor Crimmins captures the
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Wharf, Original Painting
By Robert Hofherr
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsThis painting follows the Fauvist style of using vibrant colors, expressive
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Shipwreck, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
tugboat. She draws inspiration from a shipwreck on the southeast shore of Monhegan Island off the coast of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Boats in Berlin Harbor, " Pastel on Cheesecloth by Francesco Spicuzza
By Francesco Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boats in Berlin Harbor" is an original pastel painting on cheesecloth. Small tugboats push across
Category

1920s American Modern More Art

Materials

Pastel

Three Gilt-Wood Framed Etchings by Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959)
Located in Tarry Town, NY
captures the essence of a church, monument, and dockside scene with a barge and tugboat, reflecting
Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

"Jewel" - Small Color Woodcut Print of Faceted Jewel
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Jewel" is a color woodcut print by Pittsburgh artist Valerie Lueth of Tugboat Printshop. Valerie
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Woodcut

PONT NEUF LE SOIR Signed Lithograph Paris Night Scene Historic Bridge, Moon Boat
By Michel Delacroix
Located in Union City, NJ
Michel Delacroix, well known for his naif style paintings of a city he calls "the Paris of then". Pont
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Wedgwood Porcelain Plaque of The Clipper Ship, Golden West
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
maple veneered wood frame. In the background is the famous tugboat Ceres. Printed on the reverse
Category

Vintage 1970s English Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner
By J.M.W. Turner
Located in Alamo, CA
journey, being towed by a less magnificent, but modern steam powered tugboat. The Turner painting was
Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Farm house by Famed Childrens Book Illustrator Tibor Gergely
By Tibor Gergely
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tootle, and Scuffy the Tugboat. Many of his better known books were published by Little Golden Books and
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Tugboat Annie
By Harold von Schmidt
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This large, oil on canvas painting by artist and illustrator Harold von Schmidt presents a dark and
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Tugboat View)
By Arnold Friedman
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: “FRIEDMAN”�
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tugboat on a river with bridge and buildings. Title - Tugboat on the River
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
dimensions given for Tugboat on the River are the framed dimensions. They are provided for the purpose of
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Lighthouse Service Tugboat "Thistle" Moving the Lighthouse, 1898
By Ed Parker
Located in Stonington, CT
The U.S. Lighthouse Service Tugboat “Thistle” was built in 1890 and served until 1912. This vessel
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Brooklyn Bridge
By Felicie Howell
Located in New York, NY
mosaic that complements the cool violet shadows of the bridge. The tugboat is a reminder of the non-stop
Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Harbormaster
By Brin Levinson
Located in Portland, OR
The Harbormaster is an original painting by Portland-based artist Brin Levinson which was exhibited
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Harbormaster
The Harbormaster
H 23 in W 26 in D 3.5 in
Awaiting the Call...
Located in Stonington, CT
Who doesn't love Tugboats? Pound for pound the most powerful vessel in any harbor and on the high
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Awaiting the Call...
H 16 in W 10 in D 1 in
Easing In, New York Central Tug
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Stonington, CT
military vessels constantly coming and going. But the pillars of the harbor are the mighty tugboats
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Line Steamship St. Paul
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
One of the most fascinating figures in American Marine Painting is Antonio Jacobsen. Jacobsen was
Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
One of the most fascinating figures in American Marine Painting is Antonio Jacobsen. Jacobsen was
Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Transitional Steamer Alvo
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
One of the most fascinating figures in American Marine Painting is Antonio Jacobsen. Jacobsen was
Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Plant Line Steamship Evangeline
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
One of the most fascinating figures in American Marine Painting is Antonio Jacobsen. Jacobsen was
Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sloman Union Line Transitional Steamer Bellagio
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
One of the most fascinating figures in American Marine Painting is Antonio Jacobsen. Jacobsen was
Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Transitional Steamship Anapa
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
portrait he ever painted of the Anapa. The painting is in very good condition, having been professionally
Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Plant Line S.S. Evangeline, Halifax/London/Glasgow, 1912- 1921
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
. One of the most fascinating figures in American Marine Painting is Antonio Jacobsen. Jacobsen was born
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Women in shawls approaching a village. Title - Village of Green Towers
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
computing the shipping cost. The painting's dimensions are 9 x 15 inches. The wood panel that the painting
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Country folk in mid-century, rural Ireland. Title - Sunday Morning
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
the shipping cost. The painting dimensions are 17.75 x 23.75 inches. The frame has been on the
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Breezy Day
By Henry Scott
Located in Washington, DC
Dawson, whose marine paintings are also crisp and highly accurate. In 1970, Scott was commissioned to
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River
By Maurice Kish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WPA era: Tugboats on the East River, New York City with bridge in the background. Dimensions of
Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fritzler, Gerald J., watercolor on paper, Afternoon in Mesvagiss
By Gerald J. Fritzler
Located in Norwalk, CT
Watercolor on paper,"Afternoon in Mevagissey" depicting tugboats in a harbor. SLL,
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Watercolor Harbor Scene, By William Paskell (1865 - 1951)
By William F. Paskell
Located in Hadley, MA
. Vibrant colored scene, showing several sailing ships, dory, tugboat, wharves and sheds, amid an overcast
Category

Early 20th Century Paintings

Quintessential still life by Markey. Title - Still Life with Goblet and Fruit
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
purpose of computing the shipping cost. The painting dimensions are 14.50 x 14.50 inches. The frame has
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Title - Jug of Flowers with Vase
By Markey Robinson
Located in East Hampton, NY
computing the shipping cost. The actual painting dimensions are 12.75 x 19.75 inches. The frame has been on
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Train Depot
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
city expanded in both industry and recreation in the 1930s. The trains and tugboats that transported
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Locomotive, Port Jervis, NY
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
city expanded in both industry and recreation in the 1930s. The trains and tugboats that transported
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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