James E
Butterworth (1817-1894)
Biography: Buttersworth was born in Middlesex
County, England, 1817, and his first art training was under his father who
was a noted
British
marine painter. Today it is hard to distingish between their paintings,
their style so overlaped. He moved
to the U.S. when he was twenty-eight, and settled
in West Hoboken, New Jersey. He is a classic example of a ship
portraitist, his best are of clipper ships. Later in the 19th-Century,
Currier
and Ives modeled their work on his compositions.
Yacht Race In New York Harbor
Links:
Buttersworth's painting, Valparaiso,
c. 1855
Peabody Paintings:Clipper
Ships
Sources:
SHIP PORTRAIT ARTISTS by Karsten Buchholz, published by Buchholz
Art Information Systems, Hamburg, 1997.
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