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Nantucket Whaling Scene, by Red Tordoff, (Anglo-American: b. 1939), circa 1980
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Nantucket Whaling Scene, by Red Tordoff, (Anglo-American: b. 1939), circa 1980, an oil on plywood panel depicting two whale ships in the Arctic, with two whale boats lowered, one approaching a spouting bowhead whale, and with two Inuit figures standing on an ice floe in the foreground, titled "Nantucket Whalers in the North" and signed Frederick Tordoff on the reverse, mounted in a carved and pierced gallery frame.
The painting and frame remain in excellent condition.
Frederick Tordoff was born in 1939 in Whitley Bay, on the northeast coast of England., an area rich in maritime heritage. After a stint in the Royal Air Force, Tordoff studied Marine Radio and Electronics in Hull where there was a thriving school of marine art. After many visits to local art galleries and the Hull Whaling Museum, Tordoff was motivated to paint the keels,
sloops and whale ships that plied the waterways in the great age of sail.
Tordoff joined the Cunard Steamship Company as a Radio & Electronics Officer and he continued to paint as he traveled the world on long sea voyages. He eventually began to exhibit his work at local art groups and galleries in northern England. He now resides in New Jersey and continues to specialize in marine and sailing subjects, including the Hudson River and the Nantucket and New Bedford whaling fleets.
His paintings are in collections in throughout Great Britain, Europe and the United States.
Measures: 7 in H x 13-1/4 in W
Framed: 11-7/8 in H x 17-7/8 in W
- Dimensions:Height: 17.88 in (45.42 cm)Width: 11.88 in (30.18 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:1980-1989
- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1980
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Nantucket, MA
- Reference Number:Seller: AD - 283-03 LWW1stDibs: LU903945096012
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