Edwin Hayes (Circle), Wrecked Frigate, Lifeboat & Storm

Edwin Hayes (Circle), Wrecked Frigate, Lifeboat & StormThis enchanting late 19th century English oil painting depicts a dramatic maritime scene with a shipwreck, lifeboat, and distant steamship. A sailor battles for life amid hazardous waters, clinging to the castaway timbers of a wrecked 28 gun frigate. A lifeboat, buffeted by waves, attempts to get closer did he survive? Well never know. Arresting scenes of this nature were popular during the 19th century with numerous tales recounted of the perils of

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1960Provenance: EnglandCondition: Craquelure

Size including frame

several vessels are a flash of white marks

several buildings are rendered in all their linear glory

made them popular for middle-class buyers

Gabriel Von Hackl was capable of highly detailed portraits and scenes but also painted in a more impressionistic style in the later part of his career

Areas of restoration and in-painting

painters were unconstrained by the requirements of the church

His distinctive

Öland is a small island off the south-east coast of Sweden that has several marinas

Gdanietz has rendered the scene superbly and the colours are extraordinary