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Bernard Finegan Gribble BIOGRAPHY
1873 London, England - 1962. Known for: Marine-sailing ship, portrait, landscape.
The following is from Chris Merriam-Leith:. Bernard Gribble was one of the leading figures in Poole's artistic history, as Roger Guttridge explains. Typical Gribble: a Poole Scene, a sailing ship and... Read full biography
The following is from Chris Merriam-Leith:. Bernard Gribble was one of the leading figures in Poole's artistic history, as Roger Guttridge explains. Typical Gribble: a Poole Scene, a sailing ship and a skillfully painted sea. The events that unfolded at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 were among the... Read full biography
The following is from Chris Merriam-Leith:. Bernard Gribble was one of the leading figures in Poole's artistic history, as Roger Guttridge explains. Typical Gribble: a Poole Scene, a sailing ship and a skillfully painted sea. The events that unfolded at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 were among the most dramatic in naval history, and with impeccable timing Bernard Gribble was there to record them. The Poole-based marine artist had been commissioned by the US Navy to make sketches of the 74 German... Read full biography
The following is from Chris Merriam-Leith:. Bernard Gribble was one of the leading figures in Poole's artistic history, as Roger Guttridge explains. Typical Gribble: a Poole Scene, a sailing ship and a skillfully painted sea. The events that unfolded at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 were among the most dramatic in naval history, and with impeccable timing Bernard Gribble was there to record them. The Poole-based marine artist had been commissioned by the US Navy to make sketches of the 74 German vessels interned in the anchorage following their nation's surrender seven months earlier. The High Seas Fleet was due to be retained by Britain under the terms of the peace treaty that followed the First World War. The German naval officers, however,... Read full biography
The following is from Chris Merriam-Leith:. Bernard Gribble was one of the leading figures in Poole's artistic history, as Roger Guttridge explains. Typical Gribble: a Poole Scene, a sailing ship and a skillfully painted sea. The events that unfolded at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 were among the most dramatic in naval history, and with impeccable timing Bernard Gribble was there to record them. The Poole-based marine artist had been commissioned by the US Navy to make sketches of the 74 German vessels interned in the anchorage following their nation's surrender seven months earlier. The High Seas Fleet was due to be retained by Britain under the terms of the peace treaty that followed the First World War. The German naval officers, however, had other ideas. Gribble, whose method was to take preliminary photographs before beginning the sketches, was on board t... Read full biography
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The following is from Chris Merriam-Leith:
Bernard Gribble was one of the leading figures in Poole's artistic history, as Roger Guttridge explains.
Typical Gribble: a Poole Scene, a sailing ship and a skillfully painted sea
The events that unfolded at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 were among the most dramatic in naval history, and with impeccable timing Bernard Gribble was there to record them.
The Poole-based marine artist had been commissioned by the US Navy to make sketches of the 74 German vessels interned in the anchorage following their nation's surrender seven months earlier. The High Seas Fleet was due to be retained by Britain under the terms of the peace treaty that followed the First World War. The German na...But wait, there's more...
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