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Description: | works of John Ward, marine artist (1798-1849) including many oils, lithogrphs, drawings from 1817 until his death.
The Hull School showed a particularly high standard, including Robert Willoughby, John Ward, Henry Redmore, Thomas Somerscales, H. H. Rodmell and living artists, D.C. Bell & Colin Verity. A major acquisition in 1998 was Wards's academy piece of 1847 'HMS Britannia and units of the fleet at Spithead'. Other artists represented include O. W. Brierley, William Huggins, Antonio Jacobsen, Frank Mason & Thomas Whitcombe. The Harry Hudson Rodmell collection of shipping posters and related advertising material is an outstanding collection (800 items) of work by one of the finest poster designers of the 1920s and 1930s. It includes his earliest published pieces in 1918, his magnificent shipping posters of the 1920s and 1930s, pen drawings and marine and topographical works. In addition we are building a collection of posters advertising Hull shipping companies and the docks by contemporaries of Rodmell, such as Frank Mason, H. Gawthorne and J. Merriot.
Extensive collection of paintings, drawings, prints and watercolours relating to the whaling, fishing and shipping collections covering the whole period from 17th to 20th century by many artists, but in particular the Hull artists John Ward, Henry Redmore, Robert Willoughby, W F Settle, Thomas Binks and many others.
A collection of 4,000 items Many are by local artists. They provide pictorial records of the variety of craft that were built locally or operated on the Humber. The pictures range from the work of pier-head artists, local and continental, to those of the highest quality. The whole forms probably the largest gallery of images of vessels associated with a particular port or region, demonstrating worldwide contacts. They give a detailed record of the progress of local shipping. They are a major source for anyone studying the transition to steam, the evolution from paddle to screw, from auxiliary steamers to advanced transatlantic steamers and the pioneering of the powerful triple expansion engine. The collection of marine paintings is enhanced by those in the Ferens Art Gallery. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Queen Victoria Square
Hull,
HU1 3DX | FAX: | 01482 613 710 | Telephone: | 01482 613 902 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1171 | Go to resource |
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