Marine painters — Art and аntiques
Abraham Hulk was an Anglo-Dutch painter, draughtsman and lithographer. He initially trained as a portraitist, but became a well-known as a marine-painter and the patriarch of a whole family of Anglo-Dutch artists.
Roger Chapelet, full name Albert Roger Édouard Chapelet, was a French marine painter.
Chapelet worked in the Navy Ministry, in 1927 he began painting, and in 1936 he was appointed an official marine painter and became a member of the Naval Academy. During and after World War II, Chapelet took part in numerous operations of the French Navy. During his service, he continued to paint various military operations and naval battles. After the war, he returned to civilian life and became an artist for several ship companies.
Chapelet is considered one of the greatest artists of the French Navy of the 20th century.
Roger Chapelet, full name Albert Roger Édouard Chapelet, was a French marine painter.
Chapelet worked in the Navy Ministry, in 1927 he began painting, and in 1936 he was appointed an official marine painter and became a member of the Naval Academy. During and after World War II, Chapelet took part in numerous operations of the French Navy. During his service, he continued to paint various military operations and naval battles. After the war, he returned to civilian life and became an artist for several ship companies.
Chapelet is considered one of the greatest artists of the French Navy of the 20th century.
Willy Stöwer was a German artist of the late nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, as well as a book illustrator.
Stöwer became famous for his marine paintings and lithographs. He was particularly popular for his graphic work depicting the sinking of the Titanic, created for Die Gartenlaube magazine. Despite some factual errors, this drawing became iconic and was published many times. During his career, from 1892 to 1929, Stöwer illustrated a total of 57 books, creating more than 1,200 black-and-white and color illustrations, as well as commissions for posters, postcards, and advertisements.
Claus Friedrich Bergen was a German painter of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a marine painter and illustrator.
Claus Bergen illustrated Karl May's adventure tales early in his career, creating more than 450 works. He specialized in nautical subjects, depictions of fishing and coastal landscapes, and traveled to Norway, England, the Mediterranean and America. During World War I, Bergen created paintings depicting sea battles; he was the only artist of his time to participate in a submarine raid. In World War II, he was included by the Nazis in the "God-given list" and his work was exhibited in Nazi exhibitions in Munich from 1937 to 1944.