Maritime Watercolor Painting

Brighten your interior with electric wall decor and shop this maritime watercolor painting for sale. This impressionist style folk art watercolor painting is dated to the later 19th century, circa 1870-1880. It is a distinctive and inspired portrayal of a ship in distress pulled into the harbor by a smaller vessel. Retaining an element of outsider art, this primitive yet sophisticated work retains an edge of refined rusticity that is bold and creates an intriguing textural and colorful feature in your interior.

Signed “Davis” no additional information is known regarding the artist. The narrow and wide aspect ratio presents a wide panoramic view of an ocean scene, a definitive ocean landscape of boats and ships presented by a non-professional hand. This adds to the eccentricity and rustic quality that offers this watercolor painting as a charming and unique addition to your wall art interior. Probably painted in New England, the painting is also carried in a period frame, dating to the 1880s-1890s and comes to us from a New England collection of folk art. An ideal purchase for anyone that collects marine art or 19th-century folk art paintings.

The frame measures 7 inches by 14.25 inches, the watercolor painting measures 4.75 inches x 11.25 inches.

The frame displays wear, and loss to the gilt-decorated gesso, The back of the watercolor painting displays a glaze and pencil markings. The matting displays abrasions and toning.