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When I was a child one of my wish was to visit National gallery of Arts in London, which came true now in the form of this post, where I have tried to post some master pieces of seascape and warships from 16th century to 18th century from the prominent painters of that era, I hope you will like the post as these paitings are very big source of inspiration for designers.
The National Gallery Collection contains over 2,300 works, including many famous works, such as van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus, Turner’s Fighting Temeraireand Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.
- 13th- to 15th-century paintings
Duccio, Uccello, van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli, Dürer, Memling, Bellini - 16th-century paintings
Leonardo, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Holbein, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titian, Veronese - 17th-century paintings
Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velázquez, Claude, Rembrandt, Cuyp, Vermeer - 18th- to early 20th-century paintings
Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Ingres, Degas, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh
Artist: Willem van de Velde
Willem van de Velde was the leading Dutch marine painter of the later 17th century. His later paintings shaped the development of seascape painting in England in the 18th century. They are mainly representations of particular vessels and naval events.
Willem van de Velde was born in Leiden. He was the son of the painter Willem van de Velde the Elder, and the brother of Adriaen van de Velde, who was a landscape and figure painter. He was probably trained by his father, who was famous for his accurate monochromerepresentations of ships on panel. He was also trained by Simon de Vlieger.
Van de Velde was active in Amsterdam, where the family settled, until 1672 when as a consequence of the economic collapse brought about by the French invasion he was forced to move to England to earn his living. By 1674 he and his father had entered the service ofCharles II, and he had the use of a studio in the Queen’s House at Greenwich, before moving to Westminster in 1691.
Dutch Ships in a Calm – 1660
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Two Small Vessels and a Dutch Man-of-War in a Breeze
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A Dutch Yacht saluting
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The Shore at Scheveningen – 1660
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Dutch Vessels lying Inshore in a Calm, one Saluting 1660
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Dutch Vessels Inshore and Men Bathing – 1661
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A Small Dutch Vessel close-hauled in a Strong Breeze – 1672
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A River with Fishermen drawing a Net – 1630-5
