Whaling Art
2
to
17
169
19
86
65
39
31
25
22
18
17
13
8
8
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
17
12
6
5
4
Sort By
Vanda Sanderiana (Whaling-Whaling Orchid)
By Paul Jones b.1921
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quite impressive with dramatic backgrounds and ...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Whaling off the Coast
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left.
b. 1941, British
Born in the East coastal town of Bridlington in Yorkshire, England, and largely self-taught, Michael Whitehand is one of...
Category
1990s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Wyland: 100 Whaling Walls" (2008) Limited Edition Collector's Fine Art Book
By Robert Wyland
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Whaling Walls" (2008) is a deluxe limited edition Collector's Fine Art hardcover book, numbering 344 pages
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
No Reserve
H 14 in W 9 in D 1.5 in
Whaling – 1900 Monumental Zoology Vintage Lithograph
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Joseph Fleischmann, 'Whaling' (Hartingers Wandtafeln: Zoologie T. XXXII), monumental vintage color
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
American Impressionist Boats Whaling Schooner New Bedford Massachusetts
By Harry Neyland
Located in New York, NY
Harry Neyland was an American impressionist painter, born 1877-1958 in Massachusetts.
This painting is an American impressionist seascape with great colors and painterly texture.
In...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Retired Whaling Captain's Study, Nantucket, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
This highly detailed Miniature Room of a Retired Whaling Captain's Study in Nantucket is an
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
H 11.5 in W 19.5 in D 11 in
Whaling Crew - Cape Prince of Wales, pl. 709
By Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952
Located in Dallas, TX
Printed plate number, Curtis's title, date, copyright, and photogravures by John Andrews and Son on recto.
Photogravure on Holland Van Gelder tissue
Known for his remarkable documen...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Photography
Materials
Photogravure
H 15.25 in W 19 in D 0.1 in
Early Naturalistic Nautical Painting of a Whaling Ship and Crew at Sea
Located in Houston, TX
large whaling ship with two crews in smaller boats in the foreground. While no whales are visible in the
Category
1940s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 43.75 in W 63.75 in D 1.38 in
Large British Marine Oil Painting Old Whaling Ships on High Seas, signed canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Old Whaling Ships
by Henry Woodward, British 20th century
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Antique Whaling Print, Circa 1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of a whaling scene
Copper-plate engraving
Published C.1800
Unframed.
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Clare Leighton Wood Engraving, Design for Wedgewood Titled "Whaling"
By Clare Leighton
Located in Phoenix, AZ
/4" H. Frame: 17" H x 21" W. Titled: “Whaling.”
This print is in excellent condition.
Born in
Category
Mid-20th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved Scrimshaw, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Located in valatie, NY
Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved: Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum by Stuart M
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 9.5 in D 1.25 in
Monumental Makah TOTEM by Young Doctor 108"H
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
significant piece of Northwest Coast art and Seattle history that was previously owned by Joseph Edward “Daddy
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects
Materials
Cedar
19th C. Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Painting of a South Seas Whaling Scene, attributed to a Captain E. Howes, mid 19th Century
Category
Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 18.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
Fashion in blue, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Light blue fabric, classic fashion. Impression of Summer, Dance, whaling. :: Painting
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Otto Fenn 1956 Andy Warhol photograph
By Otto Fenn
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
whaling captain who once owned it.
Since 1964 Mr. Fenn and Mr. Krug operated the 1964 Sag Harbor
Category
1950s Pop Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carving is amazing with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Tortoise Shell
On a Stormy Sea
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The famed whaling ship, Essex, on a roiling and stormy sea.
The Essex is arguably the most
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Late 18th Century Sailing Marine Painting 'The Neptune' by Robert Willoughby
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
most desirable paintings depict whaling vessels and Arctic scenes.
Category
Late 18th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Becalmed
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The whaling ship, Essex, in calm seas. On the reverse, the artist writes that—for wind-powered
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Essex Taking on Provisions
By Nicholas Berger
Located in Greenwich, CT
The whaling ship, Essex, taking on provisions from shore before setting sail once more. Small boats
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
William Bodfish Oil Painting Titled "The Sister's Visit", Dated 1888
Located in New York, NY
created detailed illustrations of hunting, whaling and fishing adventures for such magazines as Harper's
Category
1880s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
), son of whaling captain Charles Grant, born aboard a whaleship and harpooning his first whale at the
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
"American Cup Race 1885"
By Frederick Tordoff
Located in Southampton, NY
College. Hull had a thriving school of marine art, and after visits to art galleries and the Hull Whaling
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Long View”
By Louis H. Richardson
Located in Southampton, NY
New Bedford Whaling Museum, the New Bedford Art Museum, and the New Bedford Library.
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
18th or 19th Century French Ship Chandler's Trade Sign
Located in Nantucket, MA
catering to the whaling trade (what other ships needed barrel making on par with a rope walk?) that retains
Category
Antique 1790s French Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Pine
"Doorway" Ken Davies, Realist House Porch Architecture
Located in New York, NY
-time art teacher, living in Madison, Connecticut. He was also Dean of the Paier School of Art* in New
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Breton Chores
Located in Missouri, MO
ship model at the Whaling Museum.
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boats on the Beach, Sag Harbor
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Street, steps away from The Grenning Gallery. A Long Island town famous for its whaling community in the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Seascape by George Herbert McCord (American, 1848-1909)
By George Herbert McCord
Located in New York, NY
, James Fairman.
McCord was active in numerous art clubs and institutions in New York, including the
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Whiteface Mt, Lake Placid NY
By William Bradford
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
that reflect his background of being raised in an area known for whaling and other marine activities
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Village Cottages”
By C. Hjalmar Amundsen
Located in Southampton, NY
village themed paintings that was on view at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum several years ago was
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Dockside Gloucester”
By C. Hjalmar Amundsen
Located in Southampton, NY
Died: 2001 - East Moriches, New York
Known for: Impressionist whaling scenes, harbor views, ships
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Camp on the Labrador Coast
By William Bradford
Located in New York, NY
(New Bedford Whaling Museum) to the New Bedford Art Exhibition organized by his fellow townsman, Albert
Category
19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Summer Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Sheffield, MA
of the Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut, and Kendall Whaling Museum, Sharon, Massachusetts
Category
1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century, Nantucket Origin, Coffin Family Stand-Up Blanket Chest
Located in York County, PA
GENERATION, CIRCA 1780-90
Stand-up blanket chest over two drawers, exuberantly painted, in a Folk Art
Category
Antique 18th Century American Painted Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Carved and Painted Six Whale Species Board Made by Nantucket Whaler, circa 1940
By Captain George Grant
Located in Nantucket, MA
Made by George Grant of Nantucket (1857-1942).
Grant, the son of whaling captain Charles Grant
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
H 18.25 in W 34.25 in D 4 in
Moby Dick
By Frank Stella
Located in Seoul, SO
Meville's classic 1851 whaling novel.
For an abstract artist, the Moby Dick series gets pretty close to
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
David Yarrow Photograph "The Biggest Catch" Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
the whaling industry. Then there are certain features on the island that if included in an image would
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
H 52 in W 64 in D 2 in
The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series
By Frank Stella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two whaling ships meet out at sea, one named after an Indigenous American tribe and the other after
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
The Dogfather
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Glasgow, Scotland in 1966, he is now an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and Europe’s best
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Yarrow Photograph "The Dogfather" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
whaling island of Nantucket, is as good a bar as any we know in America from which to tell old stories
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
H 71 in W 105 in D 2 in
The Dogfather
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
Glasgow, Scotland in 1966, he is now an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer and Europe’s best
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Yarrow Photograph "The Brotherhood of Thieves" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
maritime leaning and my instincts were to go back to the island’s leading position in the whaling industry
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
H 71 in W 111 in D 2 in
David Yarrow Photograph "The Brotherhood of Thieves" on Nantucket Island
By David Yarrow
Located in Greenwich, CT
maritime leaning and my instincts were to go back to the island’s leading position in the whaling industry
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
HMS Newcastle. In Sydney Harbor. December 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Royal Navy.
By Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
extensive trade in his paintings of clippers and whaling ships to the United States. Today many of his works
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
H 20.28 in W 24.22 in D 0.99 in
Whalers Shack on the Northern California Coast - Watercolor Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of a Whaling shack circa 1900 near Davenport, California attributed to Lillian
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
H 14 in W 18 in D 0.25 in
Watercolor Still life Painting Vegetables Claus Hoien Greengrocer Kitchen Series
Located in Surfside, FL
emigrating to the United States at the age of thirteen, when he settled in Brooklyn, NY. He studied art at
Category
20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century Walnut and Satin Wood Box With Geometric Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
whaling voyage, a true piece of folk art. Interior painted with removable sectioned tray for jewelry or
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century Whaler Made Turned Ebony Stemmed Cup
Located in Stamford, CT
. Manila, Philippine Islands would have been a port of call on a long whaling voyage.
Likely made by the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Ebony
Nantucket Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950
By Jose Formoso Reyes
Located in Nantucket, MA
artisans. Known for his carvings of whales, scrimshaw, ship models, shadowboxes and folk art, he was
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Pine
Nantucket Lightship Basket from the South Shoals Lightship, circa 1870s
Located in Nantucket, MA
there was once a rectangular paper label.
Thomas James was a retired whaling master who went on to
Category
Antique 1870s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Wood
H 4.25 in W 10.13 in D 9.25 in
2 1990s Robert Wyland Signed Lithograph Prints Orca Journey Sea Otters Seascape
By Robert Wyland
Located in Dayton, OH
canvas he painted his first public art titled, Whaling Wall. After garnering media attention for the
Category
1990s Prints
Materials
Paper
H 31.75 in W 1 in D 32.25 in
19th Century American Rosewood Box With Fruit Wood Star Inlay, Fun Interior
Located in Stamford, CT
made as a Valentine gift with the inside personalized by the receiver. A wonderful piece of folk art
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood, Rosewood
H 6.5 in W 13.5 in D 10.5 in
Martha' Vineyard Houses and Gardens, First Edition
By Polly Burroughs
Located in valatie, NY
wildflower meadow. Illustrated is the diversity of the island from a formal Edgartown whaling captain's house
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
20th Century Pair of Decorated Pillows by Dan Rupe
Located in Hudson, NY
Provincetown art community for many years and now has moved to Hudson New York and become a member of that
Category
Late 20th Century American Pillows and Throws
Materials
Fabric
Whaling
By Albert Hoffman
Located in New York, NY
Whaling Ships at Delano Bay, Baffin Island
Located in Stonington, CT
Whaling Ships at Delano Bay, Baffin Island records a historical scene from the early 1800s, when
Category
Early 2000s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
ROBERT WYLAND Original Acrylic Painting Signed Sea Life Dolphin Animal Art oil
By Robert Wyland
Located in Bloomington, MN
attempts to capture whales on canvas Wyland painted his first public art titled, "Whaling Wall." After
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Yaacov Agam Original Color Silkscreen Large Signed Contemporary Modern Op Art
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Bloomington, MN
Art's Op Masters, Yaacov Agam.
Yaacov Agam (1928- ): Born in Israel, Agam is the highest selling
Category
Late 20th Century Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
- 1
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Whaling Art", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Whaling Art For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic piece of whaling art available at 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and metal. There are many kinds of the item from our selection of whaling art you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A choice in our collection of whaling art, designed in the Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made object in our assortment of whaling art has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Jeff Raymond are consistently popular.
How Much is a Whaling Art?
Prices for a piece of whaling art can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $635 and can go as high as $45,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,400.
More Ways To Browse
Original Paint Chest
Painted Drawer Chest
19th Century Hand Painted Plate
Hand Painted Decorative Plate
Hand Painted Chest Drawers
Antique Pine Wood Paint
Large Hand Painted Plate
Boxes With Bows
Vintage Mother Of Pearl
Pull Out Stand
Rug Water
Hand Hooked Wool Rugs
Antique 1870s
Antique Grain Painted Furniture
Collectable Buttons
Pair Vintage Pillows
Long Pillow
Scene Rug