Untitled
61.6 cms x 74.93 cms (24.25 ins x 29.5 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Jones, Saint John at the auction event "2024 Fall Collection" held on Sun, Nov 3, 2024.
Lot 170
Lot 170
Estimate: CAD $1,800 - $2,500
Realised: CAD $3,600
Realised: CAD $3,600
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, New Brunswick
Notes:
Dutch Shipping, Dordrecht
late 18th to early 19th century
A richly detailed coastal landscape painting by British marine artist, Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824). Powell depicts a number of vessels in rough waters. A number of elements in the composition underscore the severity of the windstorm - the flag and straining sail of the ship in the foreground centre, the oblique angle of the smaller vessel in the lower right, the spray against the wooden jetties and piers.
Powell was a proponent of the Dutch style of oil painting. The scene is rendered with painstaking detail in resonant, earthy tones. Every aspect of the composition is finely and minutely finished, from the rigging details on far away ships in the background, to the panes of glass in the architecture of the nearby town.
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ABOUT CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (BRITISH, 1775-1824)
Born in Chichester, Charles Martin Powell was a self-taught artist and was also employed for a time as a sailor. He painted chiefly Dutch style seascapes, including some historical scenes, on a small scale. Powell exhibited 22 works the Royal Academy and eleven at the British Institution in London. He lived at a series of London addresses including locations in Haymarket, Paddington and Soho.
In August 1812, ‘The London Gazette’ records Powell as an inmate of the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark; presumably a penalty for unpaid debts. He died in poverty at about the age of 50, leaving a wife and eight children. Today, examples of his work are in the collections of Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
(Source: Government Art Collection (UK))
Private Collection, New Brunswick
Notes:
Dutch Shipping, Dordrecht
late 18th to early 19th century
A richly detailed coastal landscape painting by British marine artist, Charles Martin Powell (1775-1824). Powell depicts a number of vessels in rough waters. A number of elements in the composition underscore the severity of the windstorm - the flag and straining sail of the ship in the foreground centre, the oblique angle of the smaller vessel in the lower right, the spray against the wooden jetties and piers.
Powell was a proponent of the Dutch style of oil painting. The scene is rendered with painstaking detail in resonant, earthy tones. Every aspect of the composition is finely and minutely finished, from the rigging details on far away ships in the background, to the panes of glass in the architecture of the nearby town.
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ABOUT CHARLES MARTIN POWELL (BRITISH, 1775-1824)
Born in Chichester, Charles Martin Powell was a self-taught artist and was also employed for a time as a sailor. He painted chiefly Dutch style seascapes, including some historical scenes, on a small scale. Powell exhibited 22 works the Royal Academy and eleven at the British Institution in London. He lived at a series of London addresses including locations in Haymarket, Paddington and Soho.
In August 1812, ‘The London Gazette’ records Powell as an inmate of the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark; presumably a penalty for unpaid debts. He died in poverty at about the age of 50, leaving a wife and eight children. Today, examples of his work are in the collections of Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
(Source: Government Art Collection (UK))
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Jones auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Jones auction house for permission to use.