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1830 Gloucestershire, England - 1925 New Bedford, Massachusetts. Known for: Ship portrait and whaling genre painting.
Born in Gloucester, England in 1830, Raleigh was a sailor from boyhood, running away to sea at age ten aboard a British naval vessel commanded by his uncle. He served in the American navy during the... Read full biography
Born in Gloucester, England in 1830, Raleigh was a sailor from boyhood, running away to sea at age ten aboard a British naval vessel commanded by his uncle. He served in the American navy during the Mexican war and later served as a merchant seaman. In 1877 he settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts... Read full biography
Born in Gloucester, England in 1830, Raleigh was a sailor from boyhood, running away to sea at age ten aboard a British naval vessel commanded by his uncle. He served in the American navy during the Mexican war and later served as a merchant seaman. In 1877 he settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts and was listed as a marine painter. A self taught artist, he specialized in colorful ship portraits in the folk art tradition. To supplement his income, he also became a decorator and house painter.... Read full biography
Born in Gloucester, England in 1830, Raleigh was a sailor from boyhood, running away to sea at age ten aboard a British naval vessel commanded by his uncle. He served in the American navy during the Mexican war and later served as a merchant seaman. In 1877 he settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts and was listed as a marine painter. A self taught artist, he specialized in colorful ship portraits in the folk art tradition. To supplement his income, he also became a decorator and house painter. But his years at sea helped him to create attractive marine paintings that today grace important collections of marine art nationwide. The New Bedford Whaling Museum displays no less than 22 of his works. Enjoying a long and productive life, Raleigh... Read full biography
Born in Gloucester, England in 1830, Raleigh was a sailor from boyhood, running away to sea at age ten aboard a British naval vessel commanded by his uncle. He served in the American navy during the Mexican war and later served as a merchant seaman. In 1877 he settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts and was listed as a marine painter. A self taught artist, he specialized in colorful ship portraits in the folk art tradition. To supplement his income, he also became a decorator and house painter. But his years at sea helped him to create attractive marine paintings that today grace important collections of marine art nationwide. The New Bedford Whaling Museum displays no less than 22 of his works. Enjoying a long and productive life, Raleigh died at the age of 95 in Bourne, Massachusetts, leaving a legacy for future generations of ship portraits showing the wind ships o... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesMine Eyes Have Seen The Glory The Civil War in Art
1993Holzer, Harold/Mark E Neely Jr336 pages (color)American Naive Paintings (National Gallery Collection)
1992
(Exhibition catalog)Chotner, Deborah668 pages (color)American Paintings An Illustrated Catalogue
1992
(Exhibition catalog)National Gallery of Art545 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986Zellman, Michael David1,102 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesAmerican Painting V 2, Catalog, Metropolitan Mus Artists born 1816-45
1985Spasky, Natalie671 pagesDictionary of Sea Painters
1980Archibald, E H H455 pages (color)An American Bestiary
1979Haverstock, Mary Sayre248 pages (color)American Folk Painters
1975Ebert, John and Katherine225 pages (color)Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec Region
1973Baker, WA0 pages4 Years A-whaling Charles S Raleigh, Illustrator
1972Purrington, Philip F56 pages (color)American Ship Portraits & Marine Painting: Everson Museum of Art
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Sullivan, Max (Foreward); Philip Chadwick Foster Smith64 pages (color)The American Tradition in the Arts
1968McLanathan, Richard492 pages101 Masterpieces of Primitive American Painting
1961
(Exhibition catalog)Rorimer, James/JohnWalker159 pages (color)