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"Clipper Ship in Tempestuous Seas" by John Bentham-Dinsdale

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"Clipper Ship in Tempestuous Seas" by John Bentham-Dinsdale

$7,400List Price

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This oil on canvas is signed in the lower left. With frame measures 37" x 47". Provenance: Bonham's Auction, NYC 2007 Private Collection Florida Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset Maine (Born in Yorkshire, England in 1927; died in 2008). Dinsdale painted the sea and great ships of the era when “Britannia ruled the waves” with her fleets of clipper and fighting ships whose huge white sails took men across the seas of the world. Dinsdale loved both the sea and the ships and professed he really only felt at home on the blustery east coast of England near the sea that he loved and painted so well. Dinsdale’s early years gave no indication that he would eventually be an artist, nor that he would excel as a marine painter. His mother was one of the many daughters of J.H. Bentham, a liberal social reformer; his father was a wine merchant. After attending Ashville College, Dinsdale spent five years at the School of Architecture in Leeds, graduating with a Dip. Arch, A.R.I.B.A. During World War II, he was a Commissioned Officer and pilot in the Royal Air Force. When the war ended, Dinsdale found work in the theatre, which had always been a passion of his. He designed scenery for a number of repertory companies in London’s West End and, at one point, ran his own company. An opening in British television came along and in 1956, he was made Assistant Designer with Associated Television in London. Three years later, he was Head of Design and Construction for Tyne Tees Television on Newcastle. Dinsdale had been painting virtually since he could hold a brush, but it was not until 1965, having moved back to Yorkshire, that he made a full-time commitment to marine painting and historical research. A founding member of the British Sea Painters Group in 1970, Dinsdale is included in Marine Painting by Omell and 20th Century British Marine Painters by D. Brooke-Hart. His work has been widely exhibited in Europe, Australia, Canada, the United States and the Far East. Dinsdale had his first one-man show in London in 1974. Sir Charles Cayzer bought one of his paintings and presented it to the H.M.S. Camperdown, a 19th-century Royal Navy battleship. In 1982, a painting by Dinsdale was accepted and hung in the Vancouver Municipal Galleries, and his work was listed and illustrated in the Dictionary of 20th Century Marine Art. Dinsdale’s wide-ranging research resulted in him painting not only English clipper ships, but American ones as well. Aided by his extensive marine library, he would make a few preliminary sketches, before developing his canvases. The sea in all its’ moods is shown in his paintings. The water has depth and sparkle; it pulses with movement and light under the action of the wind. The ships rest solidly in the water even as they careen under the force of the wind and waves, and are accurately depicted down to the detail of their rigging and accoutrements. John Bentham-Dinsdale carried on the English tradition of Masterly marine painting. This painting is very reminiscent of the work of Montague Dawson.

Creator:
John Bentham-Dinsdale 2 (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 37 in (93.98 cm)Width: 47 in (119.38 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Style:
Victorian (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Paint
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1980
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Small supportive patch lower center of approximately 1 inch. The work presents well overall and is ready to hang.
Seller Location:
Wiscasset, ME
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1017640378492

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