1857
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
The Schooner Jane of Bath, Maine is a 1857 oil by William Bradford, a American Folk Art work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a tall sailing ship, the Jane, cutting through calm blue water under a light sky. The hull is dark green, sails a creamy white, and the rigging is painted with careful lines. Bradford was part of Arctic expeditions before painting. That’s why the ice floes in the distance look so real. Next time you’re in Chicago, check out the Art Institute of Chicago.
Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Nineteenth–Century American Paintings: a Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago , Mar. 5–Apr. 24, 1966; Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, May 19–June 5, 1966; Muscatine, Iowa, Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum, July 24–Oct. 2, 1966; Peoria, Illinois, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Nov. 30, 1966–Jan. 8, 1967. MA, New Bedford Whaling Museum, William Bradford , June 1–Oct. 26, 2003, no cat.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Bradford (April 30, 1823 – April 25, 1892) was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford.
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