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sea captains pier afternoon, Painting, Acrylic on Other
By Rick Matear
Located in Yardley, PA
Edward Manet moved oil paint around in their paintings and gave it a try. :: Painting :: Realism :: This
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Neapolitan Sea Captain Portrait Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3703 Oil on artist board Set in a vintage wood frame Image size 13x9.5"
Category

1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modern Impressionist Sea Captains Figurative Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3475 Oil on canvas applied to board Set in a vintage gilt wood frame
Category

1940s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Captain Pelican, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Anthony Dunphy
Located in Yardley, PA
assortment of sea related paraphernalia and you have a humorous painting which is what I was aiming for with
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Captain Cook
By Cleve Gray
Located in Austin, TX
and archaeology. He wrote his thesis on Chinese landscape painting, which would later become an
Category

1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Be the captain of your own ship” Colorful Contemporary Surrealist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
a distorted figure in a captain hat set next to a white sea bird. The yellow diamond pattern across
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Illustration for 'Somewhere at Sea'
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
short story Somewhere at Sea, published in the May 1917 issue of Redbook Magazine. The story tells of a
Category

1910s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of Portraits, Captain and Mrs. Evelyn R. Le Marchant
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
, his skill is evident in the fine quality of these images. Captain Evelyn R. le Marchant, commander of
Category

Early 1900s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Pecheurs en Mer (Fishermen at Sea)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Pecheurs en Mer (Fishermen at Sea) c.1920 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

On the Coast of Holland, Fishing Boat Ready for Sea
By William Edward Norton
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
An interesting homage to the issue of rank amongst the crews and officers of all vessels, a captain
Category

1890s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Victory at See Unique painting with sea shanty by famed California artist Signed
By William T. Wiley
Located in New York, NY
(word pictures) from the players in this maritime drama - including the captain, the shark and even the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite, Pencil

Enchanted-original realism modern seascape ocean oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
, this original oil painting on canvas captures the timeless allure of the ocean at twilight. In this
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Balance-original realism sunset ocean-seascape oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
a sense of tranquility, this original oil painting on canvas exudes a profound realism that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Prelude-original realism seascape ocean-sunset oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
invited to witness the serene beauty of nature at twilight. This original oil painting on canvas captures
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Serenity -original realism sunset seascape-ocean oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
, this original oil painting on canvas transports viewers to a realm where time seems to stand still. At
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Synergy -original realism seascape-ocean-sunset oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
convergence of elements creates a scene of captivating beauty and raw power. This original oil painting on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lady Ann 2, Original Painting
By Fernando Soler
Located in San Francisco, CA
describe this painting: fishing, boat, water, sunset, marina, sea, gulf, seascape, Florida, seascape
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Regina Maris Ship, signed oil painting
By Louis Letouche
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Regina Maris, 1908 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Beached, " Contemporary Realist Marine Oil Painting
By Daniel Pollera
Located in Westport, CT
painting, but this didn’t void his love for the sea. He obtained a Captain’s License in 1977 from the
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Untitled Dynamic Colorful Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Israeli-American
Located in Surfside, FL
study at the School of Visual Arts, where he would later become a professor of painting and drawing. He
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Uncharted Waters" - celestial painting, large-scale blue, moon cycles
By Corrina Sephora
Located in Atlanta, GA
very personal. A repeating motif in Corrina’s work is the boat, often a reference to her sea captain
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Realist Oil Painting "The China Tea Clipper 'Shun Lee'" by Montague Dawson
Located in New York, NY
Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition of Sea Paintings by Montague Dawson, c. 1975, p. 19, no 9, illustrated
Category

20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Abigail, Countess of Kinnoull, Signed Dated Godfrey Kneller Painting
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in London, GB
been chief founder or regulator of the South Sea Company and its governor from 1711; Kinnoull was
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clipper at Sail - Running with the Wind, Marine Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
Carl Georg Wallin (Sweden 1893-1978) Carl Wallin was born into a sea faring family in a
Category

20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Regent's Park Barrage Balloons 1940 oil painting by Lord Paul Ayshford Methuen
By Lord Paul Ayshford Methuen
Located in London, GB
centre. Lord Methuen's oil painting of Regent's Park on a winter's day, with barrage balloons above
Category

1940s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th century seascape oil painting of a ship off the Scottish coast
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Image size: 22.25 inches x 36.25 inches Size including frame: 31 inches x 45 inches This painting by
Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Captain Cook’s Legacy
By Jessica Houston
Located in Montreal, Quebec
the tropics, possibly from one of Captain James Cook’s circumnavigations. “Captain Cook’s Legacy” more
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Lively Lady
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Roberts's book of the same title from his series Chronicles of Arundel, which recounts the story of US sea
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

HMS Nairana. Royal Navy Seaplane Carrier. Float Plane.Tasmania & Melbourne Ferry
By Vincenzo D'Esposito
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
17.7 inches ( 35cm x 45cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by the Italian artist
Category

Early 20th Century Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Barkentine THOMAS P. EMIGH with Photos and Ephemera
By William Edgar
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
portraits are stunning in their realism and attention to nautical detail. His realistic seas capture the
Category

Early 1900s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bark ST. GEORGE off South Stack
By William G. Yorke
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
last signaling station in a chain of twelve leading ships along the Welsh coast and out to sea from
Category

1870s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

PURITAN vs GENESTA, America's Cup 1885
By Edward Moran
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
This impressive painting by Edward Moran does justice to the epic America’s Cup Challenge of 1885
Category

1880s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Merchant Ship S.S. PLEIADES, Later WWI US Navy Ship USS PLEIADES
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
marine freighter S.S. PLEIADES in wartime grey departing Le Havre during World War I. The painting shows
Category

1910s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Full Rigged Ship GATHERER
By Alexander Charles Stuart
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
1909 with 2,400 tons of coal. While her first captains, Joseph and George Thompson, earned GATHERER a
Category

1870s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
captain for vessels in the Morgan Line. Painting was at first an avocation for Challoner, but his
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen

Oil Landscape of Horizon at Sunset
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Franklin Stanwood was born in Portland Maine and was raised by a captain. He was very self taught
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Down by the Seashore Star
By Arlette Stella
Located in Palm Desert, CA
captain while heading for the shoreline. The shoreline that is speckled with tumultuous buildings. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Afternoon in Abbazia
Located in Wien, Wien
of the Austrian Riviera among the many artists of the turn of the century who traveled to the sea and
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Afternoon in Abbazia
Afternoon in Abbazia
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Cutty Sark Entering the River Thames by John Steven Dews
By John Steven Dews
Located in New Orleans, LA
ship until purchased by retired sea captain Wilfred Dowman in 1922. Today, the boat can be found at a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Serene Sail"
By Warren W. Sheppard
Located in Southampton, NY
built two successful careers around his love of the sea: marine painting and yacht designing. He was
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Bransford" Antonio Jacobsen, Marine Ship Portrait, Great Lakes Seascape
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in New York, NY
. Subsequently he received commissions from sea captains, ship owners, and steamship companies. The Old Dominion
Category

Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

So Near, and Yet So Far
By Harold Brett
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cod sea captains. Eventually he specialized in portraiture, maintaining studios in New York City and
Category

Early 20th Century Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Venice, 1906, " Italy, Warren W. Sheppard, Realist, Oil, Gondola, Canal
By Warren W. Sheppard
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Marine painter Warren W. Sheppard was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, to a ship captain father who
Category

Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A Beautiful and Large Marine - A Ship in Two Positions Off Dover
By William John Huggins
Located in London, GB
knew his subject. A painting of the frigate Phoenix (36 guns), under Captain W. H. Webley (later
Category

19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life - Oil on Canvas by F. Girosi - 1927
By Franco Girosi
Located in Roma, IT
the navy, where he reached the rank of captain at nineteen. He participated in the First World War and
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Charles Merme (1818-1869) The blessing of Coureau de Groix in Larmor Brittany
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
) Artillery captain in the Navy, Charles Merme travels the seas of the world on ships to carry him to distant
Category

1860s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family Picnic, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By John Ford Clymer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
fisherman. They were the Captains Courageous of Rudyard Kipling, the hero’s of Longfellow's The Wreck of the
Category

1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watercolor Still life Painting Vegetables Claus Hoien Greengrocer Kitchen Series
Located in Surfside, FL
the Pratt Institute and at the Art Students League in New York. He spent time at sea (two Years), a
Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Mid century Swedish Impressionist still life of flowers in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
Born in Stockholm the son of a sea captain, Boëthius studied at the Celeb Althins Art Academy from
Category

1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Merton Clivette Flower Still Life
By Merton Clivette
Located in Larchmont, NY
Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, to a retired British sea captain and his wife. After his
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand from Captain Cooks Travels
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook John Webber (1752-1793) was the
Category

1780s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Civil War: US Army Transport "Neptune" by Xanthus Smith
By Xanthus Russell Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
home by his mother, who also gave him drawing lessons. As a youth he was attracted to the sea, and made
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

19th Century Maritime Seascape, USS Steam Frigate Niagara
Located in Soquel, CA
and was promoted captain May 10, 1895. He commanded the Lancaster, then the Newark 1895-1897 and was
Category

19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Graphite

Liz Sweibel, All Fall Down 7, 2019, Thread, vellum, Abstract Drawing
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
vellum. All were completed in 2019. At sea, stacks of containers topple from a loaded cargo ship. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Thread, Vellum

Liz Sweibel, All Fall Down 6, 2019, Thread, vellum, Abstract Drawing
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
vellum. All were completed in 2019. At sea, stacks of containers topple from a loaded cargo ship. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Thread, Vellum

Liz Sweibel, All Fall Down 3, 2019, Thread, vellum, Abstract Drawing
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
vellum. All were completed in 2019. At sea, stacks of containers topple from a loaded cargo ship. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Thread, Vellum

Liz Sweibel, All Fall Down 4, 2019, Thread, vellum, Abstract Drawing
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
vellum. All were completed in 2019. At sea, stacks of containers topple from a loaded cargo ship. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Thread, Vellum

Liz Sweibel, All Fall Down 2, 2019, Thread, vellum, Abstract Drawing
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
vellum. All were completed in 2019. At sea, stacks of containers topple from a loaded cargo ship. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Thread, Vellum

Liz Sweibel, All Fall Down 1, 2019, Thread, vellum, Abstract Drawing
By Liz Sweibel
Located in Darien, CT
vellum. All were completed in 2019. At sea, stacks of containers topple from a loaded cargo ship. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Wate...

Materials

Thread, Vellum

Landscape #II
By Merton Clivette
Located in San Francisco, CA
one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Gouache

Landscape #II
Landscape #II
H 17.35 in W 22.65 in D 0.01 in
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How Much is a Sea Captain Painting?

A sea captain painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,800, while the lowest priced sells for $425 and the highest can go for as much as $169,000.