Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2

Nicholas Berger
Becalmed

2016

About the Item

The whaling ship, Essex, in calm seas. On the reverse, the artist writes that—for wind-powered sailing ships—a day with no wind was feared almost as a storm. The Essex is arguably the most famous Nantucket whaling ship in history. The Essex was a successul whaler during her carreer, but it was her unfortunate destruction by a sperm whale—and the unspeakable horrors that befell her crew afterward—that served as the inspiration for the first Great American Novel, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
  • Creator:
    Nicholas Berger (1949, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2016
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.63 in (19.39 cm)Width: 14.63 in (37.17 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: NB0201161stDibs: LU181921013
More From This SellerView All
  • Raking Light
    By Edward Minoff
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Throughout his high school and college years he studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League of ...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Board

  • Sconset Beach, Nantucket
    By Edward Emerson Simmons
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Edward Emerson Simmons was a key member of the group known as The Ten American Painters (or more commonly “The Ten”), an important association of artists who came together in 1897. T...
    Category

    1910s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil, Board

  • Mountain Mist
    By Frank P. Corso
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Landscape oil painting of misty mountains in Vermont with farms scattered at their feet. In the foreground is some shrubbery and small trees dominated by a larger one.
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Board, Oil

  • Blueberry Lake
    By Frank P. Corso
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Landscape oil painting of Blueberry Lake in Vermont's Mad River Valley.
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Board, Oil

  • Colors in the Wind
    By Nicholas Berger
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Nicholas Berger Biography American, b. 1949 In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best known for his industrial, waterfront scenes of New York between 1930-1970, Berger effortlessly captures a period when the technology and landscape of the city was rapidly changing. Although he paints scenes of a bygone era, Berger draws inspiration from the waterfronts near his home in New York’s Hudson River Highlands as well as historical sources in museums. Berger holds BFA and MFA degrees from Alfred University. Earlier in his career, the artist painted representational landscapes rendered in watercolor, a medium in which he achieved great success, sharing a sellout two-person show in Tokyo with Andrew Wyeth. In the mid-2000s, Berger transitioned to his signature industrial scenes of the city, employing oil on panel in a painterly manner influenced by the Hudson River and Brandywine schools...
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Board

  • Moving Water
    By Frank P. Corso
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Vermont landscape oil painting depicting small rapids in a river.
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Board, Oil

You May Also Like
  • Coming Home at Sunset
    By William Harnden
    Located in Greenville, DE
    Very well executed work by American artist William Harnden who specialized in Native American subjects. 23 3/4 x 29 1/2 in excellent condition frame.
    Category

    Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Board

  • Sailboats and Sailing Ship in Seascape early 20th Century Oil Painting Framed
    Located in Stockholm, SE
    This artwork showcases the beauty of sailing boats and ships sailing gracefully on the sea waters. The artist's attention to detail is evident in the intricate depiction of the ships...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Wood, Oil, Cardboard

  • View on the Delaware River Opposite Philadelphia
    Located in Philadelphia, PA
    JAMES THORP FLAHERTY (American, 1836 1904) On the Delaware Opposite Philadelphia Oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches Framed: 14 x 16 inches (approx.) Signed and dated at lower left: ...
    Category

    1880s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Board, Oil

  • Forgotten Fence /// Realism Landscape Country Farm River Painting American Art
    By Adolf Sehring
    Located in Saint Augustine, FL
    Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015) Title: "Forgotten Fence" *Signed by Sehring lower right Circa: 1970 Medium: Original Oil Paint...
    Category

    1970s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Oil, Board, Panel, Wood Panel

  • "Venetian scene", 19th Century oil on canvas laid on cardboard by Antonio Reyna
    By Antonio Reyna Manescau
    Located in Madrid, ES
    ANTONIO REYNA MANESCAU Spanish, 1859 - 1937 VENETIAN SCENE signed & located "A. Reyna, Venezia" (lower right) oil on canvas laid on cardboard 8 ...
    Category

    Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

  • "Cityscape in Yellow", Oil Painting
    Located in Denver, CO
    Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Cityscape in Yellow" is an oil painting that depicts a busy city street lined with cars and buildings, all cast in a warm yellow light. About...
    Category

    2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Board, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All