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English Georgian Thomas Luny Original Oil "Retrieving the Grog before the Storm"

Name: English Georgian Thomas Luny Original Oil "Retrieving the Grog before the Storm"
Brand: Thomas Luny
Price: 12000 USD
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English original oil painting on canvas "Retrieving the Grog Before the Storm"; signed lower left: Thomas LUNY; and indistinctly dated--only a "2" is discernable. This dramatic painting depicts ships outward bound while smugglers in the foreground heave their small boat to shore while others roll a barrel of grog to safety. The sea is building while the white cliffs and stone fortress at the entrance to a harbor stand firm against the impending storm. This is quintessential Luny, displaying his deft handling of the ocean and the exposition of coastal life in the early 19th century. We have had this painting cleaned, rebacked and restored by Northeast Painting Conservation, York, Maine. Thomas Luny (1759-1837), was born in Cornwall but moved to London at an early age and was raised there by his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth. Thomas' father is thought to have been employed in some activity at the London Docks and from thence the younger Thomas was exposed to the maritime world from an early age. He is thought to have been apprenticed to the London artist Francis Holman (d. 1790) from the early 1770's. His early paintings were mainly of ships afloat, merchant ships, cutters and yachts. By the early 1780's Luny appears to have left Holman's studio. Many have speculated that he enlisted in the Royal Navy, but more recent information has found that he was never in the Navy, never received payments from the government, except for payments from his investments in English long term government annuities. However, it is quite probable that he was invited to sail on various ships to sketch and record incidents of a voyage. He painted many battle scenes and harrowing scenes of ships in storms which indicate that he had personal experience with life aboard ship in all sorts of weather. From about 1807 he moved to his primary residence in Teignmouth, a small but prosperous port on the South Devon coast. From there he painted coastal scenes and took on commissions. By this point in his life he was a well known marine painter and he no longer had to be in London to receive commissions. Luny was a prolific artist, in spite of misshapen hands from birth and rheumatoid arthritis which eventually became totally debilitating by the early 1830's. He exhibited at the Royal Academy every year from 1780 to 1793 and then periodically after that. His works are held in collections and museums on both sides of the Atlantic including the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts, and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, among many others. Reference: Thomas Luny (1759-1837) published by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum for a Thomas Luny exhibition from 22 July to 25 September 1982.

Creator:

Thomas Luny (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 27.75 in (70.49 cm)Width: 37.75 in (95.89 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)

Style:

Georgian (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Canvas,Paint

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

Early 19th Century