New Brunswick / United Kingdom, England, Canada. 1847 - 1921
Ship portrait and coastal view painting
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1817 St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada - 1892 New York City. Known for: Ship portrait, yacht races and history subject painting.
William Gay Yorke's paintings of ships evolved naturally enough from a combination of artistic talent and an early life spent around sailing vessels as a shipwright, painting in his spare time. In... Read full biography
William Gay Yorke's paintings of ships evolved naturally enough from a combination of artistic talent and an early life spent around sailing vessels as a shipwright, painting in his spare time. In his early thirties, he was successful enough as a painter of ships to give up his trade and paint... Read full biography
William Gay Yorke's paintings of ships evolved naturally enough from a combination of artistic talent and an early life spent around sailing vessels as a shipwright, painting in his spare time. In his early thirties, he was successful enough as a painter of ships to give up his trade and paint full-time. Yorke was born in Canada in 1817 in St. John's, New Brunswick. In 1848, he had a son, William Howard York, whom he taught to paint and with whom he collaborated on ship paintings until 1870... Read full biography
William Gay Yorke's paintings of ships evolved naturally enough from a combination of artistic talent and an early life spent around sailing vessels as a shipwright, painting in his spare time. In his early thirties, he was successful enough as a painter of ships to give up his trade and paint full-time. Yorke was born in Canada in 1817 in St. John's, New Brunswick. In 1848, he had a son, William Howard York, whom he taught to paint and with whom he collaborated on ship paintings until 1870 when their relationship soured for unknown reasons. Speculation was that the twenty-two year old artist wanted to go out on his own, rather than work with his father. An oddity in the spelling of Yorke's name developed between 1861 and 1870; he left off... Read full biography
William Gay Yorke's paintings of ships evolved naturally enough from a combination of artistic talent and an early life spent around sailing vessels as a shipwright, painting in his spare time. In his early thirties, he was successful enough as a painter of ships to give up his trade and paint full-time. Yorke was born in Canada in 1817 in St. John's, New Brunswick. In 1848, he had a son, William Howard York, whom he taught to paint and with whom he collaborated on ship paintings until 1870 when their relationship soured for unknown reasons. Speculation was that the twenty-two year old artist wanted to go out on his own, rather than work with his father. An oddity in the spelling of Yorke's name developed between 1861 and 1870; he left off the "e". It seems unlikely that this was in any way related to his separation from his son in that latter year. But, in artistic style,... Read full biography
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American Ship "Anglo Saxon"
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Portrait of the Bark Monrovia of New York
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Marine painting, often naval battle scenes
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Marine-ship portrait and genre painting
United Kingdom. 1911 - 2005
Seascape, ship portrait painting
United Kingdom. 1841 - 1921
Painting
New York / Denmark. 1850 - 1925
Marine art, ship portrait painting on silk
Connecticut / Germany. 1809 - 1878
Naive ship portrait-harbor, landscape
Massachusetts. 1806 - 1889
Marine-ship, coastal views
France, United Kingdom, United States. 1793 - 1869
Paintings of sailing ships
New Jersey / Germany. 1844 - 1912
Marine and portrait paintings, lithography, photography
Massachusetts / United Kingdom. 1834 - 1871
Marine painting-ships
United Kingdom. 1924 - 2024
Marine painting, aircraft illustration
United Kingdom. 1811 - 1882
Painting
New York, Nova Scotia / Canada. 1927 - 1981
Ship, harbor, maritime activity
Pennsylvania, California. 1819 - 1878
Narrative, marine and landscape painting
Massachusetts. 1873 - 1919
Ship portrait and maritime view painting
New Jersey, New York / United Kingdom, England. 1817 - 1894
Maritime painting, sailing ships
Massachusetts. 1879 - 1967
Marine-ship, wildlife, illustration
New York, Connecticut. 1827 - 1890
Ship portrait, harbor and other marine painting
Massachusetts. 1775 - 1844
Harbor, ship and coastal view painting
New York. 1815 - 1897
Steamboat portrait and marine painting
Maine / United Kingdom. 1852 - 1903
Coastal view, seascape, lighthouses, marine painting
New York. 1846 - 1928
Yacht racing event painting, magazine illustration
Massachusetts. 1910 - 1982
Contemporary naive, mermaids, genre
New York / Holland. 1832 - 1895
Marine, landscape-snow scenes and genre painting
Massachusetts. 1817 - 1882
Sea-coastal views, architectural
New York, New Jersey / Denmark. 1850 - 1921
Ship portrait and other marine painting
New Hampshire. 1842 - 1906
Landscape-coastal, streets and portrait painting
Massachusetts. 1850 - 1921
Marine-sailing ship painting
New Jersey. 1858 - 1937
Marine painting and yacht design
Massachusetts, Maine. 1846 - 1925
Marine, town-landscape, genre
Massachusetts, California. 1823 - 1892
Marine-ship, Arctic sea-landscape painting