Antique 19th Century Maritime Seascape War Ship Oil Painting HMS Britannia by Robert Strickland Thomas, 1835 Recently Added "In his freely composed seascapes

"In his freely composed seascapes of the 1650s he reached the apex of his creative work

He traveled to Rome in 1623 and subsequently resided in Aix-en-Provence from 1623 to 1626

his work epitomizes Swedish Romanticism and this painting is a wonderful representation of that style

His work appeared in the exhibition Recent Painting USA at the Museum of Modern Art in 1962 and Art of the Pacific Northwest

which remained a constant characteristic of his style

Antique 19th Century Maritime Seascape War Ship Oil Painting HMS Britannia by Robert Strickland Thomas, 1835 Recently Added "In his freely composed seascapesA fine & large antique maritime oil painting of the war ship HMS Britannia, by Robert Strickland Thomas (1787 1853), the painting circa 1835. The painting depicts HMS Britannia broadside with several other war ships of the British fleet, most likley returning from the Mediterranean. In the foreground are several small boats with sailors variously occupied attending to them. A yacht with a crowded deck is visible on the left. In the center foreground