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Title: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: Neil on July 20, 2012, 04:45:49 PM I know a few of you are interested in this sort of thing.
I picked these up from Mum and Dad earlier in the week, who had acquired them God knows where, along with a few other oils. They are worse than the Trotters! ;) They are both by James Hardy Jnr 1832-1889 who apparently took to signing his name as Janes Hardy to avoid confusion with his father. He's famed for his country and livestock scenes, and has several of his oils in the National Gallery. In his early career he focused on sea faring scenes, being a passenger on ships whilst practicing his art. The first is obviously a whaling picture, with some excellent detail. I don't know much more about this. Needs more research. The second is probably my favourite and is part of a sizeable collection he painted depicting The Glorious First of June (or the third Battle of Ashant) in which we spanked the French (sorry Nordine) in 1794. Not really into nautical paintings, but these were too good to pass up. The wifes face was once again a picture itself when she came home from work! She uttered the now immortal line "What the Hell have you bought now?! cheers Neil Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: cardiffian on July 20, 2012, 05:40:19 PM Nice pics Neil. I prefer the third one. Perhaps you could do a poll lol.
Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: Chef Geoff on July 20, 2012, 05:53:54 PM Nice pics Neil. I prefer the third one. Perhaps you could do a poll lol. Umm, there's only two :D :D Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: avalon on July 20, 2012, 05:54:46 PM …..No they are really very nice. I do like the bold stokes and use of highlights, you can get a feel of what the artist was trying to convey.
You can almost feel the heat from the burning ship with those vibrant colours, and feel for those sailors who are about to get their arses burnt. Do you think there might be a better picture hidden underneath, if you rub it with a bit of turps. For insurance purposes I’d insure them for £10 million, then burn them, and claim the insurance money. ;D Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: rjm on July 20, 2012, 06:05:02 PM Nice pics Neil. I prefer the third one. Perhaps you could do a poll lol. Umm, there's only two :D :D Perhaps, he was trying to be nice and it's another way of saying he didn't like any of them! ;D They're not my cup of tea but the second one is the better. No people painted.........looks like the artist wasn't good on them! Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: Chef Geoff on July 20, 2012, 06:09:32 PM lol. I don't think he had quite mastered perspective either ;)
Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: avalon on July 20, 2012, 06:09:44 PM Nice pics Neil. I prefer the third one. Perhaps you could do a poll lol. Umm, there's only two :D :D Perhaps, he was trying to be nice and it's another way of saying he didn't like any of them! ;D There not my cup of tea but the second one is the better. No people painted.........looks like the artist wasn't good on them! Jumped overboard I guess ;D Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: rjm on July 20, 2012, 06:14:21 PM Well, they must have swum away too! :o He must be a brave artist as he stayed to paint it!!!! ;D Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: gijan on July 20, 2012, 07:46:02 PM love them.....can,t wait 2 here all about the history on them........MUM KNOWS BEST. ::)
Title: Re: Couple of Early Victorian oil paintings . . . Post by: peanut on July 20, 2012, 09:18:37 PM no fun being a War recordist in those days , imagine if we had to paint our finds in oils and post them to each other lol ;D
Not keen on pictures with a nautical theme personally, unless they are by Turner, but I do quite like those of the Thames barges with their red sails |