Frederick Pansing ( 1844 – 1912 ). Frederick Pansing was born in Bremen, Germany in 1844. His family emigrated to the United States in 1865, when Pansing was a young man, residing in New Jersey and... Read full biography
Frederick Pansing ( 1844 – 1912 ). Frederick Pansing was born in Bremen, Germany in 1844. His family emigrated to the United States in 1865, when Pansing was a young man, residing in New Jersey and then in New York and finally residing in Hoboken. Little is currently known about Pansing’s early... Read full biography
Frederick Pansing ( 1844 – 1912 ). Frederick Pansing was born in Bremen, Germany in 1844. His family emigrated to the United States in 1865, when Pansing was a young man, residing in New Jersey and then in New York and finally residing in Hoboken. Little is currently known about Pansing’s early education and artistic training. He joined the merchant sea force as a sailor in 1870, leaving service two years later after relocating to Hoboken, New Jersey in 1872, when he decided to become a... Read full biography
Frederick Pansing ( 1844 – 1912 ). Frederick Pansing was born in Bremen, Germany in 1844. His family emigrated to the United States in 1865, when Pansing was a young man, residing in New Jersey and then in New York and finally residing in Hoboken. Little is currently known about Pansing’s early education and artistic training. He joined the merchant sea force as a sailor in 1870, leaving service two years later after relocating to Hoboken, New Jersey in 1872, when he decided to become a painter, lithographer, and photographer in his later career. Pansing is widely known and appreciated for a number of accurately detailed portraits of steamships operating in the Atlantic trade routes. In 1912, Pansing completed eighteen large ship portraits... Read full biography
Frederick Pansing ( 1844 – 1912 ). Frederick Pansing was born in Bremen, Germany in 1844. His family emigrated to the United States in 1865, when Pansing was a young man, residing in New Jersey and then in New York and finally residing in Hoboken. Little is currently known about Pansing’s early education and artistic training. He joined the merchant sea force as a sailor in 1870, leaving service two years later after relocating to Hoboken, New Jersey in 1872, when he decided to become a painter, lithographer, and photographer in his later career. Pansing is widely known and appreciated for a number of accurately detailed portraits of steamships operating in the Atlantic trade routes. In 1912, Pansing completed eighteen large ship portraits from the Nantucket Steamship Company which helped to further elevate his career as one of the masters of ship portrait... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (9)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols)
1982
Koke, Richard J
1,243 pages
Dictionary of Sea Painters
1980
Archibald, E H H
455 pages (color)
The Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum