Artist: A. Fulton (20^th Century) British

Title: Untitled

Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed lower left

Size: 32” x 44” Framed

Price: $1,200

Fulton paints this ship portrait with the impression of speed on the high seas. The ship’s starboard is visible as it forges ahead with sails billowing. It is ahead of the fleet as another ship can be seen on the horizon behind. The waves are churning and the ship lilts. The clouds above are clearing from grey to a dusky pink, reflecting on the underside of the sails. The piece is finished in a gold and linen mount and a large gilt frame.

Marine art was especially popular in Britain during the Romantic Era. The tradition of British marine art as a specialized genre with a strong emphasis on the shipping depicted began in large part with the Dutch in the 17th century, when it was commissioned mostly by merchant seamen and naval officers and created by marine art specialists. Fulton found his niche in the specific genre of ship portraiture in the tradition of Montague Dawson.