MARINE ART NEWS Robert Sticker has recently completed a series entitled "Steam on the Rivers," a celebration of our riverboat heritage in renderings of the St. Louis, New Orleans and Pittsburgh riverfronts and "The Far West: Custer at the Rosebud ." The Far West carried General Alfred Terry 's punitive expedition against the Sioux and Cheyenne in 1876, and ascended the Yellowstone River to the junction of the Bighorn River-just eleven miles from where Custer's men were defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn .
STEAM ON THE RIVERS
FAR WEST Marine art publishers of limited edition prints documenting the great riverboat era by Robert Sticker, F., A.S.M.A., the fast and able fishing schooners by Thomas Hoyne, F.A.S.M.A. and our contemporary coast by West Fraser A.S.M.A. Call our toll free number for information regarding these series of fine prints.
Mr. Sticker's work is on exhibit at the Portland Place Gallery in South Norwalk, Connecticut, which also carries the work of marine artists such as Thomas Hoyne , Roy Cross, Chris Scali, Christopher Blossom, Thomas Kincaid and John Stobart. (Portland Place Gallery, 25 South Main St., South Norwalk, CT 06854; 203 866-6013)
P.O. Box 2150, Hilton Head Island, SC. 29925 Tel: (803) 681-4242 Toll Free 1 (800) 992-8356
OSMUNDSEN
MEN OF THE J's -a new seriesLimited Edition Bronzes produced by the Lost Wax process. Bill Osmundsen is recreating the exciting action aboard the fabulous racing machines of the 1930's. " Men of the J's," shown above as a clay model, is part of his growing crew produced on site at the sculptors' exhibit now on view at the Sheraton-Stamford. Stop by, meet the Artist, and view his comprehensive collection of maritime scupltures. BRONZES FROM THE SEA at the SHERATON-STAMFORD HOTEL & TOWERS One First Stamford Place Stamford, CT 06902 / (203) 967-2222 For information or appointment: TEL (201) 327-9152
Overseas Co-editions , a company specializing in the production of quality nautical books, is collecting material for a volume of contemporary marine art entitled Ya cht Portraits. Artists interested in submitting their work for consideration should send slides of their paintings , catalogues, samples of art that has appeared in print and a brief biography to Karen Hoare , Overseas Co-editions, Via Moscova 44/1, 20121 Milan , Italy. Oswald Brett, an artist-seaman who finds beauty and high romance in the workaday world of seafaring, has painted the Australian steamship Sphene (18951941) towing the disabled French bark Bretagne (1901-1926) into Newcastle , NSW , where they safely arrived 21 May 1915 . The Bretagne's ballast had shifted in a blow off Cape Howe , on passage towards Newcastle from Adelaide. <t
Portsmouth
Merchant's Row, Overlooking New Hampshire's Piscataque River in 1828
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JOHN ~TOBART GAL,LERY We cordially invite you to view these elegant , signed and numbered limited edition lithographs by the renowned marine artist, John Stobart , at our Gallery in Edgartown when we reopen in the spring . This dramatic scene of " Portsmouth in 1828" is among the 1987 releases and can be ordered by calling: (6 17) 645-3634 (winter phone number). Watercolors by Bert Wright R.S.M.A. and gouache by Roy Perry are also available .
31 No. Summer St., Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA 02539 â&#x20AC;˘ (617) 627-9066 A catalogue featuring all current and rare works is available for $6.50.
SEA HISTORY, SPRING 1987
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