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Navy battle ship sailing in celebration past Statue of Liberty. Calendar illustration, 1946-47
Auction: 12/04/2010
Lot: 5
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William James Aylward AUCTION RECORDS
1875 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1956 Bath, New York. Known for: Marine genre and ship painting, combat illustration.
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York, he studied at Howard Pyle's Wilmington, Delaware school of illustration. There he learned to combine his two great passions, painting... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York, he studied at Howard Pyle's Wilmington, Delaware school of illustration. There he learned to combine his two great passions, painting and the sea. He illustrated magazine stories for Harper's and Scribner's written by himself and others, including sea stories by Jack London and Joseph Conrad, and an edition of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Aylward knew the... Read full biography
William James Aylward (1875-1956), master of seafaring art, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father worked in a shipyard and as captain of a Great Lakes sailing vessel. "My love of the the water and of things pertaining to it began at an early age," Aylward wrote. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students' League in New York, he studied at Howard Pyle's Wilmington, Delaware school of illustration. There he learned to combine his two great passions, painting and the sea. He illustrated magazine stories for Harper's and Scribner's written by himself and others, including sea stories by Jack London and Joseph Conrad, and an edition of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Aylward knew the sea as few artists do. He went to sea in 1905, a sixteen-month voyage on steamers and sailing ships that took h... Read full biography
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