A self-taught painter, Thompson began his artistic career when he was 27, establishing his reputation with nautical paintings whose subjects ranged from the fighting ships of Drake’s era to modern racing yachts and the America’s Cup competitions.
Thompson’s work is characterized by his use of traditional oil techniques. Placing layer upon layer of translucent wash on canvas, he produces a luminosity rarely seen in contemporary marine paintings. He has been much praised for his meticulous attention to detail and his ability to create dramatic and atmospheric images. Displaying an elegance and sophistication reminiscent of works by the 19th century masters of marine art, Thompson’s works are widely collected by marine art connoisseurs around the world.
Thompson has co-authored three books, The Paintings of the America Cup, Gold Medal Rescues, and The Story of Yachting, and was the official artist of national race teams many times. He now lives in Saltash, Cornwall in the UK, with his wife and two daughters.
| Tim Thompson - 88 PAINTINGS
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RANGER vs. ENDEAVOUR II, America's Cup Race, 1937
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Vigilant & Britannia in the Solent
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Puritan & Genesta
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Independence
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Power, Grace & Beauty
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Columbia & Shamrock II
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Mayflower
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Ranger & Endeavour II Before the Wind
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Reliance at Sandy Hook
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Camilla
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1876: '"Madeleine" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Countess of Dufferin" (Royal Canadian Yacht Club)
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1934 "Rainbow" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Endeavour" (Royal Yacht Squadron)
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Ranger
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Puritan v Genesta
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Britannia, Alberta & Vigilant
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America Sailing Into Newport Harbor
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American Goosewinging
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Squally day in the Solent
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The yacht America off the Long Island shore
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Schooner America off Cowes 1851
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America off Cowes
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America and Constitution at Castle Garden - 1851
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An Early Start
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AMERICA Lithograph
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America Wins
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America and her rivals on the Start Line, 22nd August 1851
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America, Arrow, Freak & Alarm
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The Schooner
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AMERICA: 1851
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Arrow and Alarm battling it out during the original 'America's Cup' race of 1851
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Three Cheers for America
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America Approaches the Needles, 1851
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The legendary America passing the royal yacht Victoria and Albert (I) off the Needles lighthouse
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America crossing the Finish Line into immortality, with Queen Victoria watching from the royal yacht Victoria and Albert (II) astern
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America and Victoria & Albert
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America salutes the Royal Family
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America Trounces the British Fleet
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America crossing the Finish Line into immortality
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Maria off Sandy Hook 1861
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Magic, America's Cup Race 1870
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PURITAN vs. GENESTA. America's Cup, 1885
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1886 MAYFLOWER defeats GALATEA
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VOLUNTEER vs THISTLE
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Volunteer & Thistle
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Vigilant & Valkyrie II
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Vigilant and Valkerie II - 1893
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America's Cup Race
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Britannia and Vigilant off the Royal Yacht Squadron's headquarters, with the royal yacht Alberta outward bound from East Cowes beyond, 1894
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1895 "Defender" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Valkyrie III (Royal Yacht Squadron)
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SHAMROCK vs. Royal Yacht VICTORIA & ALBERT
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Sir Thomas Lipton's America's Cup challenger Shamrock (I) being saluted off the Statue of Liberty at dusk, 1899
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Shamrock and Liberty, 1899
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America's Cup challenger "Shamrock" taking the salute off the Statue of Liberty at dusk, 1899
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1899 "Columbia" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Shamrock" (Royal Ulster Yacht Club
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America's Cup 1901 Defender Trials, New York Yacht Club's COLUMBIA Leads INDEPENDENCE and CONSTITUTION
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Columbia and Shamrock II - 1901
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Dual for America's Cup 1903, RELIANCE and SHAMROCK III
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Reliance vs. Shamrock III, America's Cup 1903
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RELIANCE Lithograph by Tim Thompson
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Reliance off Sandy Hook - Summer of 1903
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The Big Racing Cutters
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1903 "Reliance" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Shamrock III" (Royal Ulster Yacht Club)
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White Heather & Shamrock
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1920 "Resolute" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Shamrock IV" (Royal Ulster Yacht Club)
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Whirlwind and Weetamoe
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Shamrock V
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America's Cup, 1930: Enterprise leading Shamrock V on the windward leg
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SHAMROCK V
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VANITY and the J-Fleet Off Torbay
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Rainbow & Cleopatra's Barge II
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America's Cup, 1934; Rainbow leading Endeavour
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Endeavour
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Yankee & Endeavour
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Yankee off the Needles
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Yankee and Shamrock, Plymouth Sound 1935
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Yankee and Atlantic
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Yankee and Atlantic
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"Yankee Ghosting with the J's off Plymouth"
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Yankee Visits England, 1935
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America's Cup 1937. RANGER and ENDEAVOUR II
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America's Cup 1937 Trials, RAINBOW Powering RANGER Downwind
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Americas Cup 1937 prestart Endeavour to Ranger
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Ranger beats Rainbow - America's Cup Trials 1937
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RANGER LEADING ENDEAVOUR II
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"NYYC Cruise"
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The 'J' Class
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America’s Cup, 1937 - RANGER vs. ENDEAVOUR II
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J Fleet in Newport, Summer 1937
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Tim Thompson is a respected, world-renowned oil painter, and one of the undisputed leaders of today’s generation of marine artists. Born in Hull, England in 1951, Thompson spent his childhood in the Channel Islands, where his interest in the sea and sailing first developed.
His works also include various historic and period seascapes and marine art, including heroic rescues at sea. While Thompson enjoyed success early on, 1982 proved to be a turning point in his career. 
Tim Thompson Marine Art and Maritime Prints
