Charles Napier Hemy.
English ( b.1841 – d.1917 ).
Making The Run For Home, Cornish Coast, 1915.
Oil On Canvas.
Monogram & Dated 1915 Lower Right.
Image size 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches ( 49.5cm x 75cm ).
Frame size 25.6 inches x 35.6 inches ( 65cm x 90.5cm ).
Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original oil painting is by the marine artist Charles Napier Hemy and is dated 1915.
The painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic frame and mount dating from the 1960s or 1970s.
The painted surface and canvas have been restored and cleaned whilst in previous ownership. The canvas is lined. We are of the opinion that this restoration work was performed in the 1960s or 1970s and correlates with the frame’s age.
Today, this antique painting is in good condition as a result of the previous work. It is supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed and dated lower right.
Charles Napier Hemy, possibly
...the finest British marine artist of his generation, is known for his works in the Tate collections. He had a life that was particularly interesting, fulfilling and professionally successful.
His formative years were influenced by his family emigrating to Australia for two years when he was nine, and early experiences of working with merchant ships. As a young man he trained to enter the priesthood, but decided to pursue a career as a professional artist instead. He trained in Antwerp and quickly established himself as a respected artist, working from a studio in London in the 1870s.
In 1880 he moved to Falmouth, where he and his second wife raised a family of ten children. He was an accomplished yachtsman and had his own yacht, which he used as a studio. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited there from 1869 onwards. He was part of the London art establishment, and then the flourishing Cornish art scene, and had close friendships with many of the other notable artists of the day, some of whom he mentored.
Hemy''s work can be found in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Tate, London, the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, the Greenwich Art Gallery and the National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
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This magnificent original oil on canvas painting by Charles Napier Hemy is called ‘Making the Run for Home’ and is signed and dated to the lower right. It depicts a small wooden sailing vessel with a full sail on its single mast, a smaller sail on the stern, skimming over the waves as it makes its way home. We view the port side of the vessel as if from the water, the bow to the left, with the vessel travelling towards us. The three male figures on board wear oilskins and sou’westers, the traditional clothing of local fishermen. The weather is blustery but fine; the sky above has light cloud. The sea, sparking in shades of blue and aquamarine is lively with bright splashes of spray. This painting demonstrates Hemy’s mastery of his subject.
A full biography of this artist is in his listing on www.bigskyfineart.com .
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1107788
Dateline of this antique is 1910
Height is 65cm (25.6inches)Width is 90.5cm (35.6inches)Depth is 7.5cm (3.0inches)
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