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An active participant among maritime institutions, NMHS is a sponsor of the Maritime Heritage Conferences [2] and serves as a member of the Council of American Maritime Museums; [3] It was instrumental in establishing the American Society of Marine Artists, [4] The American Ship Trust [5] and the National Maritime Alliance. [6]
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Society of American Artists, Jury of 1890. The Society of American Artists was an American artists group. [1] It was formed in 1877 by artists who felt the National Academy of Design did not adequately meet their needs, and was too conservative. The group began meeting in 1874 at the home of Richard Watson Gilder and his wife Helena de Kay ...
Maritime Service recruiting poster from WWII. The USMMA in Kings Point, New York is the home of the American Merchant Marine Museum. [27] The museum houses: A learning center which is open to the regiment and the public; The academy's collection of maritime art and artifacts; Exhibits, including:
Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre particularly strong from the 17th to 19th centuries. [ 1 ]
In 2003, the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) presented him its K. Jack Bauer Award for service to maritime history. In 2009, he received the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award for his work as chairman, Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History , 2006–2008.
American marine artists (64 P) Australian marine artists (2 P) B. Belgian marine painters (11 P) British marine artists (1 C, 52 P) C. Canadian marine artists (7 P)
Dawson exhibited regularly at the Royal Society of Marine Artists, of which he became a member, from 1946 to 1964, and occasionally at the Royal Academy between 1917 and 1936. By the 1930s he was considered one of the greatest living marine artists, whose patrons included two American Presidents, Dwight D Eisenhower and Lyndon B Johnson , as ...