A man of encyclopaedic knowledge, Laurence Dunn was a well-known marine artist and writer, who began his lifelong love of ships in Brixham, where he meticulously recorded passing traffic with the exquisitely accurate line drawings which later became something of a trademark. While studying at London’s Central School of Art, his work was noticed by the Southern Railway, which commissioned profiles of its fleet, and this, in turn, led to work for Orient Line, where he also designed the well-known corn-coloured hull, and later Thorneycroft, where he helped with shaping draft plans for a new royal yacht. During the Second World War, Dunn worked for naval intelligence at the Admiralty, where his technique did much to improve recognition standards, and greatly expanded his shipping clientele, becoming personally known to many chairmen. At the shipping press, Dunn worked for mainstream publications such as Everybody’s, Sphere and the upmarket comic Eagle. Through his many contacts, he enjoyed going to sea in a great variety of ships from aircraft carriers to colliers. Dunn wrote several books, starting with ship recognition titles which introduced new standards of layout, but his best-known work was probably Passenger Liners, which was widely taken up by the travel trade. His love of Greece, where he was an early publicist of island cruising, led to involvement in reshaping various passenger liners beginning with Greek Line’s OLYMPIA. In later life, Dunn designed several sets of shipping stamps for the Crown Agents, produced photographic volumes on Thames and Mediterranean shipping and still found time to enjoy the passing Thames traffic. Our sympathies go to his wife Jennifer, who provided succour to the many ship lovers who beat a path to the welcoming door of their Gravesend home.
Laurence Dunn Otra painting maritime art ship boat coastal shipping
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
Laurence Dunn (1910-2006) Otra Gouache 11.5x18cm Inscribed to reverse 'Rough sketch for painting of "Otra" commissioned for Capt. F.E. Eagle, whose favourite command she was' and sig...
Gouache
$359
Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Coastal Tramp Eastleigh, Kent (c.1925) T A Soliffe
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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HMS Hermes, lithograph by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Lithograph
Fashions in Oars and Sculls, Ink Drawing by Laurence Dunn Rowing Boat Race
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink
Laurence Dunn, SS Zrinski (c.1925) Merchantman Tramp Steamer
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Container Ship, pencil drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Pencil
SS Hesleyside SS Kymas steamer boat ink drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Laurence Dunn: The Emperor and Grosvenor coastal tramp ships watercolour
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Welder Merchant Ship, Ink Drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Watercolor
$379
Laurence Dunn, SS Pinhel Lisboa (c.1927) Merchantman Tramp Steamer watercolour
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence Dunn Drawing of the 'Easton' Canadian laker steamer (c.1950s)
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Naess Sovereign, lithograph by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Lithograph
SS Duchess of Bedford boat etching by Laurence Dunn RMS Empress of France
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Etching
Coastal Skip, Pencil Drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Pencil
Coastal Tramp, Pencil Drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Pencil
Hampton Ferry, Bodycolour painting by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Watercolor
The Stranded Astoria 4454, Watercolour Painting by Lawrence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence Dunn, SS Denmark Maru (c.1927) Merchantman Tramp Steamer painting
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence Dunn, Port of London Authority Ship 'PLA Monstrosity' Drawing (c1950s)
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence Dunn Coal Barge (c.1950) Watercolour Modern British Art war service WW2
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Watercolor
$276Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.5 in W 12.5 in
1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting signed - Tall French Buildings
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , unframed size: 18.5 x 12.5 inches condition: very good and r...
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Mary Lightfoot, Street Scene in Taos
Located in New York, NY
Mary Lightfoot was born in Ravenna, Texas. She studied at the College of Industrial Arts in Denton and the North Texas State Teachers College prior to receiving a master of arts degree from Columbia University. Her entire teaching career was with the Dallas Public School system; she summered in Europe...
Lithograph
$15,000
H 16.85 in W 12.25 in
Children Snow Sledding in Central Park - New Yorker Cover Study
Located in Miami, FL
Hungarian/American artist/illustrator depicts a charming scene of sledding in the snow in Central Park. The work is abstract in its design as it's functional in its narrative - Unpublished New Yorker...
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Marc Chagall ”L’Oranger”
By Marc Chagall
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marc Chagall (Russia/France 1887‑1985). ”L’Oranger”. Year 1975 Signed and numbered Marc Chagall 8/50. Colour lithograph printed on Arches. Framed 35.5H x 28W x 2D Inches Illustr...
Lithograph
$1,000
H 18.51 in W 24.41 in D 0.79 in
Mid-Century Modern Paris: A View of the Seine
Located in Norwich, GB
Experience the romance and abstraction of 1950s Paris through this striking original mixed media drawing by the acclaimed American Modernist, Frederick E. Conway (1900–1973). This c...
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Jack McClain, (Evening in the City) (NYC)
Located in New York, NY
A moody evening in New York City. The buildings capture the quiet that New York sometimes achieves. Signed and dated in pencil.
Lithograph
$2,500Sale Price|34% Off
H 49.75 in W 36.375 in D 1.5 in
Théo Tobiasse "Cantate 51 de Bach" Signed 1979 Lithograph, Music & Memory Theme
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Miami, FL
THÉO TOBIASSE – "CANTATE 51 DE BACH POUR LES JOURS DE LUMIÈRE" ⚜ Lithograph on paper ⚜ Hand signed and numbered ⚜ Conservation framed SYMPHONIC FIGURATION FROM TOBIASSE’S FEMME SERI...
Lithograph
$6,900
H 23 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century
By Letterio Calapai
Located in New York, NY
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century Letterio Calapai (American 1902-1993) ''Labor in A Diesel Plant'' Wood engraving, 1940 17 x 10 1/2...
Lithograph
Reginald Wilson, Horses
By Reginald Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Although this work is titled Horses. It nice to think it could be (Horses in a Field in Woodstock, NY), but it was printed by Will Barnet at the Art Students League, about 1938, and Wilson, who visited Woodstock with Arnold Blanche...
Lithograph
Respite
Located in London, GB
Pencil on paper Signed and dated (lower right) 29cm × 21cm (48cm × 39cm framed) A truly original artist, Lear spent most of his 70 year career exploring beautifully proportioned mal...
Paper, Pencil
John Muench, The Road to Stow
Located in New York, NY
John Muench was a master at drawing on a lithographic stone. He was a New Englander and this is a classic subject both for him and for the area. The...
Lithograph
$1,600
H 15 in W 12.5 in
The Prince and the Siren, Watercolor & Gouache, Nocturne, Figural, Illustration
Located in Wiscasset, ME
John Richard Flanagan was born in Sydney, Australia. At the age of thirteen Flanagan left school to help support his family as an assistant to a lithographer producing advertising co...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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H 2.37 in W 6.3 in
SS Beryl SS Fodhla Scottish steamer boat ink drawing by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Watercolor, Pen
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H 7.68 in W 19.89 in
Valdes (General Cargo Ship), Bodycolour painting by Laurence Dunn
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Watercolor
Laurence Dunn: Karel Doorman (R81) Dutch Navy ship watercolour
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.58 in W 6.7 in
Laurence Dunn, SS Ilvington Court (c.1925) Merchantman Tramp Steamer
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in
Laurence Dunn, SS Kentish Coast (c.1925) Merchantman Tramp Steamer
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence Dunn Drawing of Coastal Tramp , 'Caroline' (c.1925) Thames estuary
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Coastal Tramp SS Castle Galleon (c1925) Thames Estuary
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in
Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Trawler 'Pickmere' (c.1925) Thames Estuary
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in
Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Coastal Tramp Swedish S.S "Nadja" (c.1925)
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in
Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Coastal Tramp 'SS System' (c.1925) Thames Estuary
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in
Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Coastal Tramp "Marie" (c.1925) Thames Estuary
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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H 1.38 in W 3.55 in
Laurence Dunn, Drawing of Coastal Tramp 'SS Crosshands' (c.1925) Thames Estuary
By Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
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Ink, Gouache