Big Sky Fine Art has dated this Framed Maritime Vessel Painting to the 1910s.
Italian ( b.1886 - d.1946 ).
HMS Nairana, Royal Navy Seaplane Carrier.
Gouache On Paper.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 7.7 inches x 12.2 inches ( 19.5cm x 31cm ).
Frame size 13.8 inches x 17.7 inches ( 35cm x 45cm ).
Available for sale from Big Sky Fine Art in the English county of Dorset, this original painting is by the Italian artist Vincenzo D’Esposito and dates from circa 1918.
The painting is presented and supplied in a sympathetic and contrasting contemporary frame to suit the subject colouration (which is shown in these photographs) and behind non-reflective Tru Vue UltraVue® UV70 glass.
This antique piece is in superb condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
The painting is signed lower right.
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Vincenzo D’Espoisito was an Italian artist who came from a family of artists renown for painting ships off Malta. He was commissioned to paint various commercial and military vessels in the early part of the twentieth century.
HMS Nairana has an interesting history, which can be found in full on the Big Sky Fine Art website. She was originally a passenger ferry, commissioned as a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy in 1917, and served in the First World War and other military operations. She spent the latter part of her career as a passenger ferry between Tasmania and Melbourne.
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Big Sky Fine Art has dated this Framed Maritime Vessel Painting to the 1910s.
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Vincenzo D’esposito 1886 - 1946. Hms Nairana, Royal Navy Seaplane Carrier. Tasmania & Melbourne Ferry. Framed Painting of Fleet Air Arm & Australian Interest.
