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FloodJAVJames Flood is a South Florida maritime artist and historian whose primary works are of sea-going vessels, usually portrayed in an historic context.

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ForrestJHVHaughton Forrest (1826-1925), artist, was born on 30 December 1826 at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, youngest son of Thomas Arthur Forrest, equerry to Queen Victoria, and his wife Mary Lowther, both parents being of distinguished family.

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FowlesAWVArthur Wellington FOWLES a été baptisé à Ryde, Île de Wight le 22 Janvier 1815. Il était le plus jeune fils de William et Susan FOWLES (née KEETCH). William est né sujet britannique dans les Antilles. Il est venu à l'île de Wight étant jeune homme et a épousé Susan Keetch en 1808.

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FoxNVNicolas Fox grew up in New York City and on Cape Cod. Coming from a sailing family, his greatest early memories are tooling around Stage Harbor in his O’Day Daysailor and getting to steer a Westsail 63′ from Edgartown to Hyannis. In Chatham, Mass,

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GastaldiCVChristophe Gastaldi né à Hyères en 1969 a depuis son enfance consacré son temps à la pratique de la peinture. Les bateaux, la mer et le littoral varois sont ses lieux de prédilection. Sa technique est centrée sur la lumière, les couleurs et surtout le mouvement qui caractérise si bien ses œuvres.

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GerrardCFV The artist, Charles F. Gerrard, shows up in 1882 on the Sydney professional trade list as a painter, then as a marine artist and finally as simply ‘artist’. He exhibits his first works with the Royal Art Society in Sydney in 1884, consisting of coastal scenes. He is extremely well received by his contemporaries according to newspaper reports.

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GilbertJMVJoseph Miles Gilbert was born in London on 26th April 1799, son of Joseph and Matilda Ann Gilbert: he also reportedly had a younger brother, William, who became an Indian army officer and eventually a General. He first comes to notice as winning a silver medal...

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GreeneMV Mark Greene was an American maritime painter known for his yacht races and America’s Cup paintings.

He is one of the founders of the American Society of Marine Painters.

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GregoryCVCharles Gregory was born and painted his entire life on the isle of wight, known then, as now, as the yachting capitol of Great Britain and where the schooner yacht AMERICA captured the cup that still bears her name.

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GribbleBFVB. F. (Bernard Finegan) Gribble RBC SMA (10 May 1872 - 21 February 1962) was a prolific British marine artist and illustrator.
Gribble was born in Chelsea in 1872. His father Herbert A. K. Gribble ARIBA was an architect known for his design of the Brompton Oratory.

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GulagerCV Although little biographical information is known regarding the life of this skilled American marine painter, his work is widely represented in important museum and private collections nationwide. All of his paintings show a strong knowledge of vessel design and excellent quality in the rendering of sea and sky.

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HalsallWFVWilliam Formby Halsall was a marine painter based in Massachusetts. Born in England, his family settled in Boston when he was young. Halsall worked as a sailor for seven years until 1859. In 1860 he began studying fresco painting with William E. Norton, a marine artist and contemporary of his in Boston who was also a former sailor.

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HammondCVCris Hammond is a nationally known artist, cartoonist and entrepreneur. His comic strip, “Speed Walker, Private Eye” was seen daily in over 150 newspapers across the country. His paintings of ships and the sea have appeared in galleries in Sausalito, San Francisco, Tiburon and Carmel California.

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HansenIVBorn in Bordertown SA 1948, Ian's childhood years were spent on the foreshore of Hervey Bay. It was here that his deep love of ships and the sea developed. By the age of 8 he was actively painting with water colours moving to oils when he was 11. His first oil survived and hangs in his Hunters Hill studio.

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HolmesJJV.jpgJohn J. Holmes is a British painter. Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Astra, Candida and Shamrock (V) racing off Cowes, 1934' sold at Christie's South Kensington 'MARITIME & NAVAL BATTLES (PICTURES)' in 2007 for $5,695.

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HoltEV Edward Holt was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK in 1949. Totally self trained, he began painting as a hobby later in life. His work has attracted much attention and to date he has enjoyed five major exhibitions and many commissions. His paintings form part of many collections of marine art around the world.

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HowesJVJerome Howes's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $216 USD to $3,220 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is $3,220 USD for Catboats off Nantucket, sold at Eldred's Auction and Appraisal Services in 2012.

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HoyneTMV Having had a naval career in the Pacific Theatre as a gunner officer on the L.S.T. 48, Thomas Hoyne created paintings that reflect his experiences as well as his poetic feelings about the sea and its sailing and fishing vessels. Many believe that his greatest strength was his realistic depiction of ocean vessels, something that he worked at meticulously.

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HughesJVA self-taught artist of the Liverpool School, John Hughes was born in that seafaring town in 1806. He was a very competent marine painter, the majority of whose works were done for export to America. It is interesting to note that of all the known works by John Hughes only a very few survive in his native England.

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JacobsenAMVBorn in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850 to a family of violin makers, Jacobsen emigrated to the United States in 1871. By 1880, he was living in West Hoboken, New Jersey, on the Palisades above the "City of Ships". It was here that he established himself as a successful ship portraitist.

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