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Seascape with Ship Racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Seascape with square-rigged ship racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920, a watercolor on
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper

Conrad, Monumental Oil on Canvas, France, Five Mast Sailing Ship, Navy, Sea 1927
By George Conrad
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
later became a teacher at the school. This painting is a tribute to the famous five-masted sailing ship
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

19th Century Portrait of a Cabin Boy with Ship in the Distance
Located in Wiscasset, ME
19th century portrait of a cabin boy with ship in the distance. Great folky appeal.
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1870s American Folk Art Antique Ship Paintings

19th Century China Trade Seascape with the Ship Avon at Anchor by Lai Fong
Located in Nantucket, MA
European and American norms of ship portrait painting rendered in the China Trade style. He was renown for
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1890s Hong Kong Chinese Export Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

A fine Gouache of the Fanny Buller trading ship off the Italian coast in starboa
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
registered in Plymouth and operated primarily from that port as an international cattle trade ship
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19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

SCHÖN, Karl Marine painting
Located in Berlin, DE
painting ships, naval scenes, harbors • He studied under the marine painter Karl Saltzmann at the
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Early 20th Century Jugendstil Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Oil on Panel of the RMSPC Steam Ship LA PLATA. dated 1876
Located in TEYJAT, FR
is a superb painting of this paddle steam ship in full sale in open sea. The painting shows intricate
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Sailing ship drawing by Gerald Mac Spink
By Gerald Mac Spink
Located in London, GB
Spink (flourished 1920 - 1940) Sailing ship Pencil 31 x 38 cm A stormy sea and the wind in her sails
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Early 20th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Pencil

American Oil on Canvas Ship Captain with Spyglass in Orig, Gilt Frame, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait oil on canvas of a young ship captain holding a spyglass with a sailing ship
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1840s American American Empire Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Sailing Ship in the Harbour - Watercolor - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Sailing Ship in the Harbour is an original watercolor and pencil realized by a French artist of
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1920s Modern Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

19th-C. English Sea Ship Captain W/ Child Watercolor on Paper In Burl Frame
Located in Kennesaw, GA
a watercolor on paper. The frame is burl walnut, and both painting and frame show wear. No signature
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Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Burl, Paper

Dutch School, Marine, Coastal Scene with Ships in Storm
Located in Greven, DE
Marine Dutch School, 18th Century Coastal Scene with ships in a storm Gouache on prepared paper
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18th Century Baroque Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Loading the Cargo Ship - Brittany France - Watercolor 19th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
French Coastal Scene in Brittany with a merchant ship onloading fish and people by an unknown
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Postcard, Illustration Board

Antique 19th Century Marine Seascape Coastal Maritime English Channel Painting
By James Webb
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique marine oil painting by James Webb (1825-1895), circa 1860, ex-Sothebys. The
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Canal in Norfolk Broads /// Antique British Watercolor Boat Ship River Villlage
By F. Denner Smith
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
lower right Circa: 1905 Medium: Original Gouache/Watercolor Painting on paper Framing: Not framed, but
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Painting by Guillaume Wintz
By Guillaume Wintz
Located in Belmont, MA
inches (92.5 x 73.5 cm), signed and dated 1883. The painting ships from Germany.
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1880s French Romantic Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Southern Landscape, Ships, Old Master Drawing, 19th Century, by Von Stengel
Located in Greven, DE
Southern Landscape with View of a Castle and Ships passing by Pen and brush in brown and black over
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19th Century Romantic Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Original painting 1860 Peter Tofft Museum California Artist Fort Native American
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Peter Toft arrived in San Francisco in 1850 by ship. He made many painting excursions into Oregon
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1840s American Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Le Château d If Frioul Archipelago Framed Marseille France Coastal Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
and brilliance, stood apart from many of his contemporaries. Olive was not merely painting ships and
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cadzow Forest Scotland - British mid 19thC art Scottish landscape oil painting
By Samuel Bough
Located in Hagley, England
technique of painting ships and harbours. His paintings were noted for their sensitivity to atmosphere and
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

W. Bolt - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Ships Off a Choppy Coastline
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine late 19th-century nautical watercolour. Ships off a choppy coastline. The buoy has been
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Late 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

J. Grier - Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Naval Ship at Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
An original -1857- naval watercolour by J. Grier. Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame with a new card mount. Indistinctly signed. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Cattle Watering in a Landscape - British 19th century art Victorian oil painting
By Samuel Bough
Located in Hagley, England
painting ships and harbours. His paintings were noted for their sensitivity to atmosphere and light, were
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1850s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 18th Century Sailing Marine Painting The Neptune by Robert Willoughby
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
works are usually unsigned. Typically the subject matter of his paintings are ships at work but his
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Late 18th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old Master Drawing, Baroque, Jacob de Wit, Allegory of Victory, Putti, Ships
By Jacob De Wit
Located in Greven, DE
painting or architecture Pen-and-ink drawing in black on brownish paper, black wash Plain gold moulding
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Late 17th Century Baroque Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Crayon

WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE Bergen Norway Ships in The Harbor - Houses Figures 1906
By William Lionel Wyllie
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Ships in The Harbor - Houses & Figures - circa 1906 William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) was a renowned
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Early 1900s English School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sydney F. Cook - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Cargo Ships in Dock
Located in Corsham, GB
Sydney F. Cook- original watercolour. Signed and dated (1892) to the lower left. Smartly mounted in a gilt-effect frame. On paper.
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Late 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Pink Sunset in Winter Birch Forest Giant Landscape early 20 Сentury Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
postal carriers we are going to disassemble entire painting to ship it in the tube (subframe and canvas
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Riverscape oil painting of shipping on the Thames with Tower Bridge
By Edward Henry Eugene Fletcher
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
: 26.75 inches x 36.75 inches An atmospheric painting of ships in the Pool of London at dusk by Edward
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Late 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Extremely Large Monumental Wall Painting of Monaco, 19th Century
Located in OOSTERHOUT, NL
Monaco, the coast, and ships. The painting bears the marks of its age, which contributes to its
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Mid-19th Century Monacan Romantic Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

18th Century Dutch Seascape Painting by Jan Verbruggen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
18th Century Dutch harbour scene / seascape painting with ships in stormy waters by Jan Verbruggen
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Ship and Arcade - Mixed Media on Paper by A. Koopman - Late 19th Century
By Augustus Koopman 2
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 22.3 x 31.4 cm. Ship and Arcade is a charcoal and chalk drawing on brown paper
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Late 19th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

American ships being re-supplied possibly off the coast of Brazil or Barbados
Located in Woodbury, CT
American ships off either the coast of Brazil or Barbados from the 1860's
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1860s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil

A 1926 Watercolor of Ships at a Dock, Chicago River by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1926 watercolor of ships at a dock by artist Harold Haydon. Image size: 9" x 12". Framed size
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Manner of W.M Birchall - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Steam Ship in Heavy Sea
Located in Corsham, GB
A decorative watercolour scene of a steam ship making its way over the heavy sea and just off the
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Early 20th Century Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Late 19th Century Oil Painting - Flower Still Life - by Céline Genyn
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique oil painting, flower still life with roses in a basket, made by the Belgian
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1880s Belgian Belle Époque Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Circa 1900 Gouache Painting of Great Lakes Lighthouse Steamships, signed
Located in Centennial, CO
worked on the hundreds of Great Lakes lighthouses. On the back of the painting the ships are labeled left
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Glass, Birdseye Maple, Paint

Antique English Oil on Canvas Painting by Edward Fletcher 19th Century
Located in London, GB
" by Edward Henry Eugene Fletcher (1857 -1945) circa 1890 in date. This painting features ships
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1890s English Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pencil drawing off of Sandy Hook, NY of a ship on its way to Brazil
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful and historically interesting scene of a steam ship off the coast of Sandy Hook, New
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1860s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Portrait of a Slave Ship: Le Negrito à l’ancre. Dans le port de la havanne
Located in Amsterdam, NL
all of his American paintings. De Courcy paints the deck of the ship, where some of the slaves
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

The Hudson River Sidewheel Steamer J.M.A.
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
master of painting these ships, particularly paddlewheel steamers. Stanton published a great book of his
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1890s Other Art Style Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailing boats in Evening by coast Dutch School 19th century
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine, aged maritime painting of sailing ships in a late evening sky, this oil painting is on old
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Early 19th Century Dutch School Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Board

Collecting Seashells
By William Edward Norton
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
, Norton developed a signature artistic style that was atmospheric and tonal. His paintings of ships are
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century English Yacht on the high sea with a lighthouse in stormy sky s
Located in Woodbury, CT
and resilience of ships at sea. The painting is framed in its original 19th-century handmade frame.
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1840s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Early 16th century. The Agony in the Garden. Southern German school.
Located in Firenze, IT
Renaissance painting preserves the most archaic, late Gothic tradition, which pushes the painter to tell a
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18th Century and Earlier Northern Renaissance Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Board

Brighton Chain Pier
By William John Huggins
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
and William IV. He experienced a time at sea and gained a special interest in marine painting, ships
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1820s Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Low Tide
By William Edward Norton
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
and tonal. His paintings of ships are deftly executed with a striking amount of detail without losing
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with cannons under sails
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

19th century English marine Sailing scene of Dutch fishing boats by a harbor
By Henry King Taylor
Located in Woodbury, CT
Street. He lived at several London addresses and seems to have traveled around the country painting ships
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1850s Victorian Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of the Hongs, Canton
By 19th Century Chinese school
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
boomed with the opening of the China Trade by way of the sailing ship. The surviving paintings which
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1850s Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Country Home in the Snow - Landscape
By Frederick Pawla
Located in Soquel, CA
to schedule the painting of camouflage patterns on all types of ships that were involved. It was
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Saint Francis of Assisi comforted by an angel
Located in Como, IT
of the work. We ship the painting in a solid wooden case made to measure We remain at your disposal
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th century antique portrait Edmund Hoyle Circle of James Latham, Edmund Hoyle
Located in York, GB
painting will be shipped worldwide free of charge (Excluding all taxes/customs/vat fees etc which will be
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dessert in the Garden
Located in Missouri, MO
bought 6 that I can remember and I believe they are some of her best. The painting I shipped to you was
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Male Portraits "Gothic Revival" Oil on Canvas from the 1800s
Located in Cesena, FC
is for the individual painting.   We ship throughout Italy and around the world with maximum
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1850s Italian Gothic Revival Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
illustrating a rocky seaside landscape containing buildings, vegetation and ship masts. The painting with 3
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1670s Japanese Edo Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Paper

Crab Boats, Southampton Water /// Impressionist British Seascape Ship Maritime
By Aileen Mary Elliot
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
paintings of ships, boats, seascapes and harbour scenes and was a regular exhibitor, between 1922 and 1940
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1920s Modern Antique Ship Paintings

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio

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Antique Ship Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique ship paintings is available on 1stDibs. There are many Old Masters, Impressionist and Expressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the antique ship paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, beige, gray and white. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Michela De Vito, Gabriele Galantara, Antonio Manganaro, Currier Ives and Jan Pieter Verdussen are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Antique Ship Paintings?

Antique ship paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,391, while the lowest priced sells for $1 and the highest can go for as much as $775,000.
Questions About Antique Ship Paintings
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    What a ship painting means is usually a matter of interpretation. Some people view them as a celebration of seafaring, while others see symbolism of the struggles of man versus nature in the compositions. Shop a variety of maritime paintings from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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