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Tugboat Painting

Tugboat WPA era painting
Tugboat WPA era painting

Tugboat WPA era painting

By Joseph Kardonne

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Tugboat, 1939, 9 x 11.25 inches. Ink on paper. Signed, dated and titled lower right.

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink

Tugboat
Tugboat

Tugboat

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This vivid oil on board, signed by Abraham P. Hankins, showcases the artist's engagement with urban and industrial themes. Titled Tugboat, the work captures a bold red tugboat positi...

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1940s Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tugboats in the Harbor
Tugboats in the Harbor

Tugboats in the Harbor

Located in Sheffield, MA

George Joseph Seideneck American, 1885-1972 Tugboats in the Harbor Oil on Canvas 20 ½ by 24 ¼ in, w/ frame 27 ½ by 31 ½ in Signed lower left Born in Chicago, IL on Feb 4, 1885 of C...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

An Illustration from "Tugboat Annie"
An Illustration from "Tugboat Annie"

An Illustration from "Tugboat Annie"

By Harold von Schmidt

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Harold von Schmidt illustrated many stories for the Saturday Evening Post including "Tugboat Annie" written by Norman Reilly Raine. Harold von Schmidt grew up in the West a generati...

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET
Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET

Great Lakes Tugboat CALUMET

By Otto Muhlenfeld

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

An artist who knew the vessels he painted firsthand, Baltimore artist Otto Muhlenfeld has captured the Great Lakes Steam Tug CALUMET in a colorful, working profile. Her American Ensi...

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1890s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Tugboat Up for Repairs
Tugboat Up for Repairs

Tugboat Up for Repairs

By John Terelak

Located in Greenwich, CT

John Terelak Biography American, b. 1942 John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art i...

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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tom Nicholas, N.A.  Tugboat, ME  Maine Harbor Oil Painting
Tom Nicholas, N.A.  Tugboat, ME  Maine Harbor Oil Painting

Tom Nicholas, N.A. Tugboat, ME Maine Harbor Oil Painting

Located in Rockport, MA

This beautifully rendered coastal scene by acclaimed American artist Tom Nicholas, N.A. captures the quiet poetry of a Maine harbor. A red tugboat rests along the dock, its reflectio...

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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting Industrial Tugboat Scene by Hayley Lever
Impressionist Oil Painting Industrial Tugboat Scene by Hayley Lever

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.

Category

20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Wood

Porthole View: Tugboat at Twilight, Original Still Life Painting, 2020

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 porthole of our boat.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Mid-Century Oil Painting of Tugboats on the River Thames, Signed 1953
Mid-Century Oil Painting of Tugboats on the River Thames, Signed 1953

Mid-Century Oil Painting of Tugboats on the River Thames, Signed 1953

By Pauline Boumphrey

Located in Seaford, GB

This midcentury oil painting captures a dynamic and bustling scene of tugboats navigating the River Thames, with the iconic London Bridge majestically spanning the background.

Category

Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Tugboat, Oil Painting
Tugboat, Oil Painting

Tugboat, Oil Painting

By Karen d’Angeac Mihm

Located in San Francisco, CA

Words that describe this painting: tugboat, boat, Sturgeon Bay, harbor, impressionism, seascape, oil painting, redTugboatKaren d’Angeac MihmOil painting on stretched canvasPainting...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Skyline and Tugboat, East River, New York City
Skyline and Tugboat, East River, New York City

Skyline and Tugboat, East River, New York City

By Samuel Grunvald

Located in New York, NY

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

Paper, Watercolor

Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor
Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor

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 landscape by Ernest Clegg (British, 1876-1954). The Whitehall Building towers over the sce...

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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Tugboat in New York Harbor" Ernest Fiene, Modernist, WPA, Cloudy Horizon
"Tugboat in New York Harbor" Ernest Fiene, Modernist, WPA, Cloudy Horizon

"Tugboat in New York Harbor" Ernest Fiene, Modernist, WPA, Cloudy Horizon

By Ernest Fiene

Located in New York, NY

The Whitney Studio Club showed Fiene’s paintings in a two-man exhibition with Glenn O. Coleman that year and acquired three of Fiene’s paintings.

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tugboat and City Street, Double-sided Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Tugboat and City Street, Double-sided Watercolor by Eve Nethercott

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 Watercolor Size: 15 in. x 22 in. (38.1 cm x 55.88 cm)

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Bonnie Bill  - Tugboat at the Dock in Boston - Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Bonnie Bill  - Tugboat at the Dock in Boston - Seascape in Watercolor on Paper

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 Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner
The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner

The Fighting Temeraire: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After J. M. W. Turner

By J.M.W. Turner

Located in Alamo, CA

Turner seems to lament her inglorious final journey, being towed by a less magnificent, but modern steam powered tugboat. The Turner painting was created in 1838 and is now held in...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

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Tugboat Annie
Tugboat Annie

Harold von SchmidtTugboat Annie, 1951

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H 36 in W 56 in D 1 in

Tugboat Annie

By Harold von Schmidt

Located in Minneapolis, MN

A gritty and emotional illustration from von Schmidt that dates to a 1951 installment of the long-running Saturday Evening Post serial "Tugboat Annie." The first "Tugboat Annie" sto...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lighthouse Service Tugboat "Thistle" Moving the Lighthouse, 1898

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.

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Kingston 2 Tugboat”
“Kingston 2 Tugboat”

“Kingston 2 Tugboat”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original acrylic on masonite painting of the “Kingston 2” tugboat underway by the well known American marine artist, Ron Saporito.

Category

1970s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

"Tugboats under Brooklyn Bridge"
"Tugboats under Brooklyn Bridge"

"Tugboats under Brooklyn Bridge"

By Bela DeTirefort

Located in Southampton, NY

Here for your consideration is a well executed cityscape of the Brooklyn Bridge with working tugboats on the East River. Oil on artist board. Signed and dated lower right, 1961.

Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting Industrial Tugboat Scene by Hayley Lever
Impressionist Oil Painting Industrial Tugboat Scene by Hayley Lever

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.

Category

20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Wood

Framed Oil on Canvas of Tugboat
Framed Oil on Canvas of Tugboat

Framed Oil on Canvas of Tugboat

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H 37.5 in W 47 in D 2 in

Framed Oil on Canvas of Tugboat

Located in Norwell, MA

Framed oil on canvas of a tugboat. Signature is indistinguishable. Dimensions: 37.5" H x 47" L.

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20th Century Paintings

Irish 20th Century Tugboat Oil on Canvas by Chuck Clee
Irish 20th Century Tugboat Oil on Canvas by Chuck Clee

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

The Fleet, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
The Fleet, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

The Fleet, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Melinda Patrick

Located in Yardley, PA

Hardly a fleet but close enough. Three tugboats waiting for a job. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cityscape - Tugboat Harbor
Cityscape - Tugboat Harbor

Cityscape - Tugboat Harbor, Circa 1960

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H 16 in W 0.1 in D 12 in

Cityscape - Tugboat Harbor

Located in Houston, TX

Playful acrylic landscape of a tugboat making it's way through a city harbor, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic ...

Category

1950s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Alexandre Marcette Tugboats In Dordrecht, Netherlands, Oil Painting
Alexandre Marcette Tugboats In Dordrecht, Netherlands, Oil Painting

Alexandre Marcette Tugboats In Dordrecht, Netherlands, Oil Painting

By Alexandre Marcette

Located in Cheltenham, GB

This late 19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Alexandre Marcette (1853-1929) depicts a coastal view in Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Category

19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper, Board

Tugboat in New York Harbour
Tugboat in New York Harbour

Tugboat in New York Harbour

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

An urban realist painter of New York City genre, Reginald Marsh devoted his career to depicting people going about their everyday business including Bowery bums, vulgar party goers, ...

Category

American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Tugboats in the Harbor, American Modernist Oil Painting Chicago Artist
Tugboats in the Harbor, American Modernist Oil Painting Chicago Artist

Tugboats in the Harbor, American Modernist Oil Painting Chicago Artist

By Abbott Pattison

Located in Surfside, FL

Oil on paper (possibly gouache) painting. unsigned. Abbott Lawrence Pattison (May 15, 1916 – April 16, 1999) was an American sculptor and abstract artist. Though he also painted, M...

Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home
Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home

Stormy Day at Sea Tugboat Heading for Home

Located in Buffalo, NY

Lovely antique seascape oil painting of a tugboat as it heads toward shore on a stormy day.

Category

1890s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tugboat on the Seine, Watercolor by Charles Levier
Tugboat on the Seine, Watercolor by Charles Levier

Tugboat on the Seine, Watercolor by Charles Levier

By Charles Levier

Located in Long Island City, NY

Tugboat on the Seine II Charles Levier, French (1920–2003) Date: circa 1965 Watercolor on paper, signed l.r. Size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

Category

1970s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Tugboats in the Harbor. American Landscape -1930s Industrial Harbor Scene
Tugboats in the Harbor. American Landscape -1930s Industrial Harbor Scene

Tugboats in the Harbor. American Landscape -1930s Industrial Harbor Scene

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Marco Island, FL

A fine 1938 watercolor done of Tugboats in the Harbor by Reginald Marsh. The painting depicts the crush of boats at the shoreline during the later part of the American Great Depress...

Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Herbert Weintraub  Modernist A View of Brooklyn Bridge and Tugboat
Herbert Weintraub  Modernist A View of Brooklyn Bridge and Tugboat

Herbert Weintraub Modernist A View of Brooklyn Bridge and Tugboat

By Herbert Weintraub

Located in Lambertville, NJ

This is a beautifully framed and signed, oil on board measuring 24 in x 36 in and framed 29 in x 41 infrom New York artist Herbert Weintraub. Herbert Weintraub is known for his ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Henri Griff's Oil; Painting "Docked Tugboat"
Henri Griff's Oil; Painting "Docked Tugboat"

Henri Griff's Oil; Painting "Docked Tugboat"

By Henri Griff

Located in Bedford, NY

This is a two masted tugboat in Port- Waterfront scene of 19th Century port. Griff is known for his nautical art.Wood framed with linen border.

Category

Vintage 1950s American Modern Paintings

Steamship and Tugboats
Steamship and Tugboats

Steamship and Tugboats

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H 9 in W 9 in

Steamship and Tugboats

Located in New York, NY

Oil on canvas-board.
Signed lower right.

Category

20th Century American Paintings

Tugboat on the Hudson River

Tugboat on the Hudson River

By Patrick Pietropoli

Located in New York, NY

Pietropoli was a teacher of political studies for several years before becoming a professional artist. Trained as both a painter and a sculptor, his oil paintings on linen have both ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Antwerp Harbor" Wall Art Composition of Decorative Plates and Painting
"Antwerp Harbor" Wall Art Composition of Decorative Plates and Painting

"Antwerp Harbor" Wall Art Composition of Decorative Plates and Painting

By Studio DeSimoneWayland

Located in AMSTERDAM, NH

Antwerp Harbour consists of 9 plates - among which two hand painted Delftsblue plates - combined with a painting of tugboats and ships in the harbour of Antwerp.

Category

2010s Dutch Other Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

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