Warren W. Sheppard Newport Oil on Canvas

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Warren W. Sheppard Newport Oil on Canvas

About the Item

Beautifully executed surf scene at Newport Rhode Island circa 1895, in it’s original elaborate frame. Warren Shepard (1858-1937) enjoyed careers as an artist, an illustrator, yacht designer and navigator he was born in Greenwich, New Jersey, on the Delaware river, and areas associated with shipping. Since colonial times his father was a ship captain and Sheppard made many trips with him. Sheppard became active in yacht racing, designing his own yard and twice commanding the yacht “Tamerlane” when it won the New York to Bermuda race. He wrote the authoritative work “Practical Navigation” used as a standard text by the United States Naval Academy. By his mid-30s Sheppard had become a magazine illustrator of ships and marine scenes. He was an expert on the design and rigging of early ships, and his paintings were accurate in every detail. his only formal are training were of classes in perspective drawing at New York’s Cooper union in 1874 he began to exhibit his work at the Brooklyn Art Association. In 1879 he spent four months sketching the Mediterranean ports of Gibraltar Genoa, Naples and Messina. In 1884 Shepard was awarded a gold medal at the Denver Exposition. From 1888 to 1893 he traveled to Paris and Venice to study painting. Sheppard exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association, the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Denver Exposition and the St. Louis Exposition. His paintings are in the collections of the Mystic Seaport Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts, the Mariner’s Museum and the Museum of the City of New York.

Creator:
Ackermann and Fritze 1 (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 41 in (104.14 cm)Depth: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)
Style:
American Classical (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Late 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1895
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
New Haven, CT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1329224237482