ANTONIO JACOBSEN MARINE / SHIP PAINTING

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ANTONIO JACOBSEN MARINE / SHIP PAINTING

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Sold Date: 12/03/2003
Channel: Retail
Source: GoAntiques
Category: Fine Art

This wonderful oil on board painting of the steamship Majestic was painted by renown marine painter Antonio Jacobsen in 1908. It is signed and dated on the lower right and is in very good condition. Dimensions: 8 x 16 inches, image size; 11 x 19 inches, framed size. Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850 and died in 1921 in West Hoboken, New Jersey, where he had resided since 1880. Jacobsen is represented in every large marine art collection in the United States and Europe. In order to avoid being drafted into the Franco-Prussian War, he came to New York City in 1871 and found a job decorating the doors of safes. At the same time, he began painting portraits of the vessels of the Old Dominion Steamship Line, and soon became America's most prolific marine painter. He painted about 6,000 portrraits of steamships that found their way into the New York harbor between 1876 and 1919. From 1875 to 1879, he usually signed his name and address on the painting. From 1880 to 1905, he usually abbreviated his signature to A. Jacobsen. From circa 1905 on, he usually signed in block letters. He is listed in Peter Hastings Falk's 'Who Was Who in American Art.'