MARINE ART NEWS Stellar Show in Bermuda The Atlantic island outport of Bermuda, goal of the famous Newport-Bermuda Race and a vital US and Royal Navy base in the wars of this century, is home to a burgeoning marine art colony. Notable works were on view in "Mas ters of the Sea," a mid-ocean show opening on 16 O ctober at H eritage H ouse in H amilto n, Bermuda. T he wo rk ofB ermuda artist Stephen Card was featured, with other painters. Card paints lively portraits ofocea n liners at sea or in bustling harbor scenes. These are usually commissioned by the ships' owners. "Steph en has been so busy that we haven't had a show of his for at least five years," sa id H eritage H ouse manager Greg Bluck, "so this is very exciting. " Also featured were exquisite rradirional yach r-racing scenes from rhe G ilded Age by British artist T im T hompson and a stunning renditi on by American artist W illiam G . H ofland-America 's Rorrerda m meets sister N ieuw M uller of rhe early steamer Amsterdam about 1965. Painting by Stephen Card, MN!. Savannah bearing down on the viewer wirh all sail ser and padd lewheels churn ing on her Atlantic crossing of 18 18. O ther artists included Bermuda' s Mark Boden, Britai n'sJohn Finch, and Jim Karvelas and Donald Stoltenberg of rhe US. -PETER STANFORD
(H eritage H ouse, PO Box H M 547, H amil to n, H M CX, Be rmuda)
TERS WITH THE SEA I
Contemporary Scrimshaw Sells for World Record Price Scrimshander Robert W eiss recently sold an engraved sperm whale tooth depicting rhree of USS Constitution's battles and portraits of three of rhe vessel's captains. A private collector purchased the tooth, which was on display ar Mys tic Seaport Museum's 19th Annual M ys tic International Exhibition, for $40,000. T he tooth itself is 8" high and 4" wide and weighs 2.5 pounds. M r. Weiss also received rhe Rudolf]. Schaefer Award, the exhibition's highest award, as judged by Peter Su tto n, directo r of rhe WadsworthAtheneum in Ha rtford, Co nn ecticut, and J ames T aylor, curato r of pictures at the National Ma riri me M use um in G reenwich, England. O. Russell]inishian Ga!Lery, Inc., Greenwich Workshop Ga!Lery Building, Upper Level, 1657 Post Road, Fairfield CT 06430; 2 03 259-8753;/ax: 203 259-8761)
I
I
FEST N ALS, EVENTS, LECTURES, ETC. • Christie's East: 17 February, Maritime Collection Auction (2 19 E. 67rh Srreer, New York NY 10021 ; 212 6060400; www.christies.com)
EXHIBITS
CAPTUR ING P O SEIDON: OVER 150 YEARS O F MAR INE PHOTOGR APHY
NOW ON E XHIBIT A T
PEABODY S S E X
-c--- E
THE
l #
~ :MUSEUM: SALE M , MASSAC HUSETTS • 1-8 00-745 - 4054 • w ww .p e m .org
• T h e Mariners' Museum: 24 O ctober 1998- 30 M arch1 999, "Skin D eep: T he Arro frheTattoo" (100 M useum Drive, Newport News VA 23606; 757 5962222; web site: www. mariner.org) • Los Angeles Maritime Museum: 6 November 1998-3 1Jan uary 1999, "Art and the Soul of Sail T raining" (Berth 84, Foor of 6rh Street, San Pedro CA 9073 1; 3 10 548-7560; e-mail: LAMM@ nercom. com) •Peabody Essex M useum: 7 November 1998-11 April 1999 , "Capturing Poseidon: Photographic Encounters with the Sea" (Easr India Square, Salem MA 01970-378 3; 978 74 5-1876; web site: www .pem.org)
Sponsored in port by Essex County Newspapers
26
SEA HISTORY 87, WINTER 1998-99