NYC Marine and Maritime Art
"Ocean sailing" by Leo Bellana
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The mission of the Noble Maritime Collection, an art and history museum in Staten Island, New York, is to present exhibitions and programs that celebrate the working waterfront of New York Harbor in the tradition of distinguished artist John A. Noble (1913-1983), and to preserve Robbins Reef Lighthouse and the history of Sailors' Snug Harbor.
The South Street Seaport Museum inspires exploration of New York City by preserving and interpreting the origins and growth of New York as a world port, a place where goods, labor, and cultures are exchanged through work, commerce, and the interaction of diverse communities. The Seaport Museum includes an extensive collection of works of art and artifacts, a maritime reference library, galleries, working 19th-century print shop, and a fleet of historic vessels that all work to tell the story of "Where New York Begins".
Maritime art. Ship portraits, harbor scenes, and romanticized riverscapes from the City Museum's permanent collection. This installation showcases newly conserved marine paintings from the Museum's important collection of Maritime art. The collection includes works by celebrated American marine painters of the 19th century, including Fitz Henry Lane, Thomas Birch, James Buttersworth, and Edward Moran. The paintings represent a range of artistic styles and movements, from ship portraits commissioned by captains and owners to the romantic riverscapes of the Hudson River school. Together, they illuminate New York's rich maritime history, including the shipping lines that made the city the nation's commercial and manufacturing center in the 19th century, luxurious Gilded Age sporting yachts, and naval parades in New York Harbor.
At the turn of the 20th century, City Island was a major center for wooden boat building with a worldwide reputation for the highest quality. This exhibition of photographs and commentary focuses on the extraordinary period in City Island's history when yacht and shipbuilding were at their peak. Here are all the old yards, the brilliant craftsmen who worked there, the methods of construction they used, and the famous sailing and motor yachts they produced.
The New-York Historical Society holds an important collection of marine paintings and maritime artifacts; a reflection of the fact that the early history and culture of the United States are closely bound to the Atlantic and the eastern seaboard of North America.
