Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
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1834 Liverpool, England - 1871 Liverpool, England. Known for: Marine painting-ships.
Information for this biography from Vallejo Gallery (Web site : http://www.vallejogallery.com). Duncan McFarlane. This excellent ship portraitist began his life's work in Liverpool. It is believed... Read full biography
Information for this biography from Vallejo Gallery (Web site : http://www.vallejogallery.com). Duncan McFarlane. This excellent ship portraitist began his life's work in Liverpool. It is believed that he later sailed to America and was employed in the capacity of a ship and figure portraitist in... Read full biography
Information for this biography from Vallejo Gallery (Web site : http://www.vallejogallery.com). Duncan McFarlane. This excellent ship portraitist began his life's work in Liverpool. It is believed that he later sailed to America and was employed in the capacity of a ship and figure portraitist in Boston (one of his works was published by Currier & Ives as a lithograph). As a majority of McFarlane's works are unsigned, he has often been confused with Liverpool artists such as Samuel Walters and... Read full biography
Information for this biography from Vallejo Gallery (Web site : http://www.vallejogallery.com). Duncan McFarlane. This excellent ship portraitist began his life's work in Liverpool. It is believed that he later sailed to America and was employed in the capacity of a ship and figure portraitist in Boston (one of his works was published by Currier & Ives as a lithograph). As a majority of McFarlane's works are unsigned, he has often been confused with Liverpool artists such as Samuel Walters and Joseph Heard. His paintings are noted for their skilled draftsmanship and in the ratio of ships to the overall picture area. A number of artistic trademarks are associated with McFarlane: small seabirds hovering over the water, luffed sails with very... Read full biography
Information for this biography from Vallejo Gallery (Web site : http://www.vallejogallery.com). Duncan McFarlane. This excellent ship portraitist began his life's work in Liverpool. It is believed that he later sailed to America and was employed in the capacity of a ship and figure portraitist in Boston (one of his works was published by Currier & Ives as a lithograph). As a majority of McFarlane's works are unsigned, he has often been confused with Liverpool artists such as Samuel Walters and Joseph Heard. His paintings are noted for their skilled draftsmanship and in the ratio of ships to the overall picture area. A number of artistic trademarks are associated with McFarlane: small seabirds hovering over the water, luffed sails with very crisply defined borders and the fine lettering on the vessels' name boards, which ranks amon... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (3)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Dictionary of Marine Artists (Peabody Museum)
1982Brewington, Dorothy E R431 pagesThe New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957Groce, George; David Wallace759 pages