One of the most valuable subject areas within the Polish Maritime Museum’s collections is marine painting. Highlights of the collection, presented at the Maritime Gallery, range from the 17th century Dutch masters to 20th century colourists.
Old masters
Soothing Dutch port views entice us with luminous, almost monochromatic palette. Julius Porcellis (1609-1645), Seascape
European painting of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century
Ivan Konstantynovitsch Aivazovsky (1817–1900) reached the true mastery in rendering natural movements of waves, transparency of the sea-water and diversity of its colours in changing sunlight: Farewell at Dawn, 1855
Ships’ portraits
The development of overseas trade in the 18th century generated demand for a specific type of decorative ships’ depictions. Ordered by shipowners or captains, they were valued for the accuracy of depicting the ships’ hull and rigging. Jacob Petersen (1774 –1854) Ship’s Portrait of Nicoline, 1842
Related subject:
Barcelona: Ex-voto Painting by Josep Pineda
Polish 19th cent. and modern painting
Cross-section of Polish painting illustrates different approaches to seascape based on
painters’ personal styles and current artistic trends.
Michal Gorstkin Wywiorski (1861–1926) Fishing Boat, 1916
Pictures of the old port in Gdansk
Collection of both artistic and documentary value.
Theodor Urtnowski (1881–1963) Gdansk Crane, 1925