THE LURE OF THE OCEAN
Sun 28 Feb
|Online Exhibition
The lure of the ocean is a powerful one for many people and once you have been bitten by this bug, it has a habit of working its way into your soul.
Time & Location
28 Feb 2021, 19:00 – 20 Mar 2021, 23:00
Online Exhibition
About the event
As many of you will know, Gladwell & Company resided in the City of London for 260 years until the gallery moved to Beauchamp Place in 2012.
During this time the City was the hub of the marine world whether through insurance or shipping. As a result, our gallery supplied fine art to some of the most knowledgeable marine experts in the world. This meant that the artists whom we represented had to be technically correct in every way - they had to know the technical details of the ships, the weather conditions and the sail settings to accommodate the weather portrayed.
In most every case, these artists achieved this because of their experience on the very vessels they portrayed. In Chapelet’s case he was Chancellor of the Cape Horners, that is people who have actually sailed round Cape Horn, reputably the provider of the worst storms in the world.…