At the age of 15, the career for landscape painter Claude Grahame Muncaster, RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA began, and he soon took to the seas, spending the 1920s and ‘30s traveling the world with his sketchbook in a series of vessels. With the outbreak of war, he joined the RNVR training as a navigator. Having left school at 15, his understanding of mathematics was very weak, and it was a relief for all when his artistic talents meant he was recruited as a camoufleur.
A master of capturing seascapes, Muncaster was, therefore, able to hide huge ships in plain sight with clever disguises. After the war, he painted for the Royal Family and was a frequent guest at Sandringham. Muncaster was a watercolorist known for his landscapes and maritime scenes.
Born Grahame Hall, Muncaster was the son of the Royal Academician Oliver Hall, who taught his son to paint from an early age. He first exhibited his work at 15 and a few years later was showing at the Royal Academy. However, he adopted the name Claude Muncaster in 1922 to dissociate his career from that of his father. Muncaster’s primary choice of subject matter came from a genuine love of the sea. He made several long-distance sea voyages, including one around the Horn as a deckhand in the windjammer Olivebank in 1931, which he described in Rolling Round the Horn, published in 1933. Armed with a sketchbook, Muncaster aimed to be able to paint ships and the sea with greater authority. This he certainly achieved, perfectly capturing the limpid first light of morning over the Port of Aden, the choppy rain-grey waters of the Bay of Biscay and a streak of sunlight through gathering storm clouds at dusk in Exeter.
Muncaster became an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1931 and was a founding member, and later president, of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. During the Second World War, Muncaster served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) from 1940–44, training as a navigator before going on to advise on the camouflage of ships, and also worked as an official war artist. In 1946–47, he was commissioned by the Queen to produce watercolors of the royal residences at Windsor, Sandringham and Balmoral, the Duke of Edinburgh, in a foreword to a biography of Muncaster, recalls looking at these and considering the artist’s unerring instinct for a subject, his sense of atmosphere. Other commissions included large panoramas of the Thames and Bradford. Muncaster's career also included work as an etcher, illustrator, writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and his paintings can be found in the Royal Academy, Tate, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, National Railway Museum and Royal Air Force Museum.
Well Digger Lane, Guildford, Surrey
By Claude Muncaster
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Claude Muncaster R.W.S. 1903-1974, was an English painter and watercolorist. He originally signed his works Hall being the son of Oliver Hall R.A. , however to forge his own career t...
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Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) RWS, ROI, RBA. Chap Wells, Cumbria oil c1936
By Claude Muncaster
Located in Frome, Somerset
Claude Muncaster ( 1903-1974) PRSMA, RWS, ROI, RBA British. Chap Wells and Chap Fell, Cumbria (The Lake District). Oil on board circa 1936. Signed , and old London...
Oil
$12,000
H 32 in W 35.75 in
Docks & Boats by Cottages, New York City Art Dealer, Grace Borgenicht Gallery
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Grace Borgenicht Brandt (American, 1915-2001) Signed: G. Borgenicht " Docks & Boats by Cottages " circa 1950-1955 Oil on canvas 20" x 24" Housed in a Vintage 4" Ornamented Frame...
Canvas, Oil
$651
H 14.97 in W 22.84 in D 0.79 in
Exotic Landscape - Painting by Kabemba Situna WA - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Exotic Landscape is an artwork realized by Kabemba Situna Wa. Oil on Canvas, 1970s. 38 x 58 cm ; 65 x 85 cm with frame. Good conditions
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
H 19 in W 23 in D 0.5 in
Yu Zhiqin Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Lost Beauty Series - VII"
By Yu Zhiqin
Located in New York, NY
Title: Lost Beauty Series - VII Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This ...
Canvas, Oil
The Dacha. Contemporary Painting
By Carola Richards
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject. Colour was her main interest and she...
Oil, Gouache
$1,600
H 24 in W 31.5 in D 0.5 in
Sheng Hui Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Nature Scenery"
By Sheng Hui
Located in New York, NY
Title: Nature Scenery Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 24 x 31.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting...
Canvas, Oil
$5,150
H 20 in W 22.25 in
Eve Drewelowe Van Ek 1934 Red Barn Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in Denver, CO
A rare and historically significant 1934 landscape painting by American modernist Eve Drewelowe Van Ek (1899–1989), an influential figure in Colorado art and one of the state's most respected female painters. This evocative composition depicts a weathered red barn set within a quiet rural landscape, with distant mountains rising beyond the structure and providing a dramatic natural backdrop. Executed in oil on canvas board, the painting captures the enduring character of the American countryside through Drewelowe's distinctive blend of realism and modernist sensibility. The bold red barn serves as a powerful focal point, contrasting beautifully with the surrounding landscape and conveying themes of resilience, rural heritage, and the passage of time. The artist's confident handling of color, form, and atmosphere reflects the mature style that made her an important contributor to 20th-century Western American art. Signed, titled, and dated 1934 at the lower right, the work is presented in a custom frame and represents an exceptional example of Depression-era Colorado painting...
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Waterfall and Timber – A View from Norrland
By Oscar Lycke
Located in Stockholm, SE
Provenance: Acquired directly from Katarina Gunnarsson, who inherited the painting from her mother, Barbro, the daughter of the artist. This striking landscape by Oscar Lycke depict...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Red House (The Hoffman House)
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Harry Leith-Ross (American, 1886 - 1973) Red House (Hoffman House) Oil on canvas, weathered wood 20th century frame 35” x 30” Signed lower right, ‘Leith-Ross’ Exhibition sticker v...
Canvas, Oil
$21,019
H 32 in W 37 in
Mauldre au debut de Printemps - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas riverscape circa 1950 by French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts the Mauldre - a long river in north-central France which is an estuary fo...
Canvas, Oil
$175,000
H 28.5 in W 32.5 in D 2 in
"Skating Party" WPA Regionalism American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Realism
By Roger Medearis
Located in New York, NY
"Skating Party" WPA Regionalism American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Realism Roger Medearis (1920 – 2001) "Skating Party" 20 x 24 inches Tempera on board, 1949 Signed Medearis and...
Oil, Board
$10,229
H 47.25 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
ABSTRACT Mirko Baricchi Oil Gestural Landscapes Flora Earth Tones Mixed media
By Mirko Baricchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mirko Baricchi (born 1970) is an accomplished Italian painter who currently lives and works between Vicenza and La Spezia, regions located in Veneto and Liguria, Italy, respectively....
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Zhihui Landscape Original Oil Painting "Untitled"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 26 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unst...
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H 24 in W 20 in D 3 in
Sovereign and Kurrewa America’s Cup Interest Oil Painting
By Claude Muncaster
Located in Holywell, GB
Claude MUNCASTER (1903-1974) Sovereign and Kurrewa America’s Cup Interest Oil Painting A sparkling depiction of the yachts Sovereign and Kurrewa in the 12 meter trial to determine t...
Oil