What characterises traditional marine art and yacht painting?

Marine art focuses on ocean vessels, maritime trade, and naval events. Yacht racing painting specifically emerged as a distinct genre in the 19th and 20th centuries, capturing competitive sailing vessels with precise technical accuracy regarding rigging, hull shapes, and sea states.

What materials are typically used in marine oil paintings?

Traditional marine paintings are executed using oil pigments on stretched linen or cotton canvas. Frames are commonly constructed from carved or moulded wood finished with gold leaf gilt or dark wood veneers.

How can one identify authentic marine oil paintings?

Authentic works feature signature marks from the artist, visible impasto or paint layering, natural age-related craquelure, and period-appropriate canvas backing and stretching keys. Detailed accuracy in maritime rigging and vessel proportions also indicates specialized authorship.

How can a framed marine painting be incorporated into a modern interior?

A framed maritime painting serves as a focal point above a mantelpiece, sideboard, or within a study. Pairing the artwork with dark timber furniture or neutral architectural walls allows the rich blues and metallic frame to stand out without visual clutter.

How should a framed oil painting be preserved and maintained?

Store and display oil paintings away from direct sunlight, dampness, and heat sources to prevent cracking or fading. Dust the surface and frame gently with a dry, soft microfibre brush, avoiding chemical cleaners or water.

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Oil Painting by Stephen J. Renard.

Name: Oil Painting by Stephen J. Renard.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1182806
Price: 7950 GBP
Availability: InStock

1920 - 1940

For Sale by Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd

Description

We are offering to you this great example by Stephen Renard.

The New York Yacht Club''s Cruise, 1937: Ranger and Endeavour leading Endeavour (II), Rainbow and Yankee

The high summer of 1937 is still remembered as an outstanding season in the history of the New York Yacht Club thanks to the memorable performances of the new America''s Cup defender Ranger. The last - and, arguably, the finest J-boat of them all - she showed herself to be in a class of her own and her triumph over all other competitors during that particular season became the stuff of legend.

Ranger was designed by W. Starling Burgess and Olin J. Stephens to defend the second America''s Cup challenge by Mr. T.O.M. Sopwith in 1937. Her owner, Harold Vanderbilt, spared no expense to create a true thoroughbred and she was built for him in Maine by the Bath Iron Works. Displacing 166 tons and measuring 135 feet in length with an 87 foot beam, Vanderbilt later wrote of her that she was ''absolutely perfectly balanced on the wind, with her centre board down, under any conditions and head sails.'' A number of refinements, particularly her quadrilateral jibs, also played their part in her success and she romped home in the America''s Cup series beating Sopwith''s Endeavour (II) in four straight wins. With the Cup races over, she then turned her attention to the New York Yacht Club''s annual regatta and, by the end of her maiden season, she had won thirty-two races out of thirty-seven starts.

Both Endeavours (I & II) were designed and built by Camper & Nicholson for Mr. Tommy Sopwith''s two America''s Cup challenges in 1934 and 1937. Endeavour (I) proved a particularly worthy challenger and was only defeated by the defender Rainbow by the narrowest of margins. Endeavour (II), by comparison, was completely outclassed by Ranger which won each of the first two (out of four) races by seventeen and eighteen-and-a-half minutes respectively, very substantial margins for the Cup races of that inter-War period.

Yankee was built for Gerard B. Lambert of Boston by G. Lawley at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1930. Designed by Paine, Belknap & Skene, she was classed as a sloop but extensively refitted to comply with the prevailing J-class rules when her owner accepted an invitation to race her at Cowes in the 1935 season. As it was King George V''s Silver Jubilee that year, Cowes attracted an even greater throng than usual of notable yachts which provided the same excitement there which was to continue off Newport in 1937.

Dimensions are 20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.2 cm.)

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CHRIS 07778655965

Physical Dimensions

Height

50.8cm (20.00")

Width

76.2cm (30.00")

Depth

6cm (2.36")

Declaration

Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd has dated this Yacht Racing Oil Painting to the 1940s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1182806

Dealers Internal Reference

SR0001

Description

We are offering to you this great example by Stephen Renard.

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The New York Yacht Club''s Cruise, 1937: Ranger and Endeavour leading Endeavour (II), Rainbow and Yankee.

Christopher Tombs Antiques Ltd

The high summer of 1937 is still remembered as an outstanding season in the history of the New York Yacht Club thanks to the memorable performances of the new America''s Cup defender Ranger. The last - and, arguably, the finest J-boat of them all - she showed herself to be in a class of her own and her triumph over all other competitors during that particular season became the stuff of legend.

fig 1. A gilt-framed oil painting depicting classic racing yachts sailing through choppy blue seas under a cloudy sky. — fig 1. Oil Painting by Stephen J. Renard.

Ranger was designed by W. Starling Burgess and Olin J. Stephens to defend the second America''s Cup challenge by Mr. T.O.M. Sopwith in 1937. Her owner, Harold Vanderbilt, spared no expense to create a true thoroughbred and she was built for him in Maine by the Bath Iron Works. Displacing 166 tons and measuring 135 feet in length with an 87 foot beam, Vanderbilt later wrote of her that she was ''absolutely perfectly balanced on the wind, with her centre board down, under any conditions and head sails.'' A number of refinements, particularly her quadrilateral jibs, also played their part in her success and she romped home in the America''s Cup series beating Sopwith''s Endeavour (II) in four straight wins. With the Cup races over, she then turned her attention to the New York Yacht Club''s annual regatta and, by the end of her maiden season, she had won thirty-two races out of thirty-seven starts.

fig 2. A gilt-framed oil painting depicting classic racing yachts sailing through choppy blue seas under a cloudy sky. — fig 2. Oil Painting by Stephen J. Renard.

Both Endeavours (I & II) were designed and built by Camper & Nicholson for Mr. Tommy Sopwith''s two America''s Cup challenges in 1934 and 1937. Endeavour (I) proved a particularly worthy challenger and was only defeated by the defender Rainbow by the narrowest of margins. Endeavour (II), by comparison, was completely outclassed by Ranger which won each of the first two (out of four) races by seventeen and eighteen-and-a-half minutes respectively, very substantial margins for the Cup races of that inter-War period.

fig 3. A gilt-framed oil painting depicting classic racing yachts sailing through choppy blue seas under a cloudy sky. — fig 3. Oil Painting by Stephen J. Renard.

Yankee was built for Gerard B. Lambert of Boston by G. Lawley at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1930. Designed by Paine, Belknap & Skene, she was classed as a sloop but extensively refitted to comply with the prevailing J-class rules when her owner accepted an invitation to race her at Cowes in the 1935 season. As it was King George V''s Silver Jubilee that year, Cowes attracted an even greater throng than usual of notable yachts which provided the same excitement there which was to continue off Newport in 1937.