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William Howard Yorke AUCTION RECORDS
1847 St. John's, New Brunswick - 1921 Liverpool, England. Known for: Ship portrait and coastal view painting.
William Howard Yorke grew up fast under the tutelage of his artist-father William Gay Yorke in the Port of Liverpool. Born in Canada, he came to the port city as a child in 1855 with his family,... Read full biography
William Howard Yorke grew up fast under the tutelage of his artist-father William Gay Yorke in the Port of Liverpool. Born in Canada, he came to the port city as a child in 1855 with his family, where he remained the rest of his career and life. Yorke's earliest known painting, a ship portrait of... Read full biography
William Howard Yorke grew up fast under the tutelage of his artist-father William Gay Yorke in the Port of Liverpool. Born in Canada, he came to the port city as a child in 1855 with his family, where he remained the rest of his career and life. Yorke's earliest known painting, a ship portrait of BENARES in the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum collection, is dated 1858, making the child an artist at eleven! While it is known that his father left for America in 1871, the son stayed behind. A... Read full biography
William Howard Yorke grew up fast under the tutelage of his artist-father William Gay Yorke in the Port of Liverpool. Born in Canada, he came to the port city as a child in 1855 with his family, where he remained the rest of his career and life. Yorke's earliest known painting, a ship portrait of BENARES in the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum collection, is dated 1858, making the child an artist at eleven! While it is known that his father left for America in 1871, the son stayed behind. A serious devotion to his profession made Yorke a success, especially among the captains and working sailors from the ships he portrayed, with many of his paintings traveling home with them to America, and other ports abroad. His finely detailed ship... Read full biography
William Howard Yorke grew up fast under the tutelage of his artist-father William Gay Yorke in the Port of Liverpool. Born in Canada, he came to the port city as a child in 1855 with his family, where he remained the rest of his career and life. Yorke's earliest known painting, a ship portrait of BENARES in the Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum collection, is dated 1858, making the child an artist at eleven! While it is known that his father left for America in 1871, the son stayed behind. A serious devotion to his profession made Yorke a success, especially among the captains and working sailors from the ships he portrayed, with many of his paintings traveling home with them to America, and other ports abroad. His finely detailed ship portraits would be precise enough to earn their admiration, and artistic enough to appeal to a broad audience in Liverpool. As a technical sign of... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe British bark Estrella, in-bound for Liverpool and calling for a pilot off the Point Lynas lighthouse, Anglesey, North Wales
William Howard Yorke Auction: 04/14/2010Lot: 24Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe American medium clipper Beverly overhauling another three-master at sea
William Howard Yorke Auction: 01/30/2008Lot: 278Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe British bark Veronica under plain sail off the South Stack lighthouse, Anglesey, North Wales, 1884
William Howard Yorke Auction: 04/14/2010Lot: 50Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeTHE THREE MASTED BARQUE 'FRAMAT' INWARD BOUND FOR LIVERPOOL OFF THE COAST OF NORTH WALES
William Howard Yorke Auction: 07/11/2007Lot: 193Subscribe or get free alerts
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