Wooden Ships & Iron Men: The Maritime Art of Thomas Hoyne

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100 beautiful nautical paintings the first full presentation of Thomas Hoynes work. Tom Hoyne was a successful artist in advertising when in mid-life he was diagnosed with cancer and given two years to live. Confounding his physicians Hoyne lived for seventeen years during which he produced some of the most dramatic paintings of Americas maritime past. This beautiful volume is the first full presentation of Hoynes work. More than 100 paintings are reproduced here almost all of which portray the beauty of the fishing schooners and the terrors and hardships on the waters of the notoriously inhospitable Grand Banks. In addition to reproductions of his paintings this book deals with the artists life and techniques. It discusses the fishing schooners and their legendary designers. It also describes life and work on the most dangerous fishing grounds in the world with fascinating recollections of the great skippers of the fishing communities around Gloucester Massachusetts and the small villages that lined the East Coast. This book will confirm the artists place as a master of marine realism. 100 color illustrations