Author: Cockett, Frank
Hardback; Book; 57 Colour and 35 B&w Illustrations
119 pages
Published: September 2000
Antique Collectors' Club
ISBN: 1851493395

Peter Monamy was the first English-born and English-trained specialist marine artist. He recorded the marine scene of the first half of the 18th century, when English commerce and sea powerwere growing rapidly. He was a friend and contemporary of Hogarth and he was the precursor of the great school of English Sea Painters.This book gives a detailed account of his life and, for the first time, a proper assessment of his enormous artistic output. Particular attention has been given to recognition details of his technique and picture construction, which differentiate his work from others. The last two chapters consider, in some detail, the work of his school of more minor - but pleasing - artists who followed his tradition.Gives a detailed account of his life and, for the first time, a proper assessment of his enormous artistic output. Peter Monamy was the first English-born and English-trained, specialist marine artist. He recorded Britain's rapidly expanding commerce and sea power in the first half of the 18th century. This work provides an account of his life and an assessment of his prolific output.