There is some discolouration and some small marks to the sky.
17 x 24.3cm (6.7" x 9.6")Sheet: 19.7 x 26.5cm (7.8" x 10.4")
John Charles Alcott (1888-1973) was a maritime artist born in Liverpool. In 1906 he worked on the Mersey tug boats and next year sailed as a deck-boy on the Invermark. He loved painting and would scrounge ship's paint, sailcloth, and handkerchiefs with which to depict the sea, ships, and life on board. Arriving in Sydney on the Miltiades in 1909, Alcott signed on with the old clipper, Antiope. He worked on coastal, island, and intercolonial vessels out of Sydney before giving up the sea in 1912. Supporting himself by painting theatre sets, he obtained commissions for ship paintings from Sydney photographers and toured the countryside, completing landscapes which he exhibited regularly with the Royal Art Society of New South Wales from 1920.
He gained widespread recognition in the 1920s with a series of oil paintings on the founding of the Australian colonies which were later acquired by the Australasian Pioneers' Club. Other commissions followed. Alcott also worked as an illustrator and wrote articles about the sea for the Sydney Mail. In the 1940s he painted the seas for ship models built by the sculptor Robert Klippel. Alcott's painting of the Cutty Sark was presented to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1954.
| SKU | qs394 |
|---|---|
| Artist | John Charles Allcot (1888-1973) |
| Date | 1924 |
| Dimensions | 17 x 24.3cm |
| Medium | Watercolour |
| Subject | Nautical |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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