LISTED Gideon Denny Ships In San Francisco Bay Large OLD Antique Oil Painting NR
Item History & Price
LISTED Gideon Denny
Ships in San Francisco Bay
Large OLD Antique Oil Painting
Gideon Jacques Denny (1830 - 1886)
ONLY .77 Opening Bid!!!
- NO RESERVE -Currently, I am having my
"FABULOUS 14 NO RESERVE FINE ART SALE"!
This fabulous sale features an eclectic collection of 14 old, antique and
vintage original oil paintings and some mixed medias, in separate auctions.
Several of the paintings were done by famous ...listed American or European artists.
Making this sale even more fabulous, ALL of this artwork is being offered
with only .77 opening bids, no reserves, no buyer's premiums and will be shipped
within 1 business day. Buyer’s will also only pay the actual shipping cost,
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Description
Item: LISTED Gideon Denny Ships in San Francisco Bay Large OLD Antique Oil Painting
Artist: Gideon Jacques Denny (1830 - 1886) Provenance: Auction house.
Signed: Yes, on the lower right.
Medium: Relined oil on canvas.
Painting's size: 24" by 37 "
Framed: Yes. The 2.75" wide and 2" deep carved wood frame measures 28.75" by 41.75". Other than a few nicks and scratches, the frame is in good, overall condition. This custom made frame is not as old as the painting and was probably made within the past 30 years. Please note that shippers consider this framed painting to be "oversized" and is the reason for the higher shipping charge. I always only charge the actual shipping cost and never charge for handling, materials or for transporting items to the shipper.
Painting's Condition: Inexpertly done inpainting and the painting was over cleaned which caused extensive pigment damage. This painting will need professional restoration. Please enlarge all of the digital images to see the extent of this damage.
Ultraviolet Light Test: About 25% inpainting. Denny's signature and date are original to the painting and does not fluoresce under an ultraviolet light.
Special Shipping: Yes. Due to it's value and importance, it will be securely packed and shipped.
Additional Comments: If you have ever been to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; the Bishop Museum (Honolulu); the Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, California); the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, or the Oakland Museum of California, you may have seen some of Gideon Jacques Denny's other paintings. These are only a few, of many important collections, that permanently house this famous listed American artist's paintings!
Denny created this painstakingly detailed painting of some ships in the San Francisco Bay, in 1866... and it is a very important painting! When this painting was done, only about 80, 000 people lived in San Francisco. The Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridges wouldn't be built until about 67 years later. In August of 1866, Mark Twain returned to California from his trip to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) which had begun in March of that year.
Today, about 900, 000 people live in San Francisco. There are now subways, buses and many other forms of transportation that don't require the use of a boat to get across the bay or elsewhere.
Even when Denny was alive, his paintings of shipping activities on the San Francisco Bay earned him fame and success! With this in mind, this is not only one of the largest and most finely done paintings by Denny to ever be offered for public sale within the past 30 years, but it is also historically important because it captures a view of the San Francisco Bay before urban development!
BIOGRAPHY:
Gideon Jacques Denny (1830 - 1886)
"Born in Wilmington, DE on July 15, 1830. As a young man Denny was a sailor of small craft on Chesapeake Bay and his enthusiasm for ships never waned. Arriving in San Francisco with the Gold Rush in 1849, he worked as a teamster on the waterfront and was a member of the Vigilance Committee. After two years in California, he opted for an art career and then traveled to Milwaukee where he was a pupil of Samuel Marsden Brookes. After six years of study there, he returned to San Francisco and established a studio on Bush Street. When Brookes moved to San Francisco in 1862, the two friends shared a studio for many years. Although he did a few portraits and landscapes, it was his paintings of the clippers and shipping activities on San Francisco Bay that were to bring him success and fame. These views often include ship wrecks along the West Coast done in a Turneresque manner with vaporous effects of smoke, steam, and clouds. He never married and remained a resident of San Francisco except for visits to Hawaii, Canada, and South America. Denny died of malaria while a member of a surveying party in Cambria, CA on Oct. 7, 1886. Upon his death a memorial exhibition of his works was held at the Society of California Pioneers. Member: Bohemian Club; Pacific Union Club; Society of Calif. Pioneers; San Francisco Art Association. Exh: Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1864, 1869, 1871 (silver medal); Calif. Art Union, 1865; Snow & Roos (SF), 1869; San Francisco Art Association, 1872-86; Calif. State Fair, 1879, 1882, 1902. In: Oakland Museum; Bohemian Club; Monterey Peninsula Museum; Crocker Museum; De Young Museum; CHS; UC Berkeley Museum.
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Kahn Collection cat.; Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); Yesterday's Artists on the Monterey Peninsula; SF Call, 10-9-1886 (obituary).
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A California painter of marine scenes with ships shown in detail, he also did some portraits and landscapes but received most attention for his maritime subjects, especially activities in San Francisco Bay.
He was born in Wilmington, Delaware and as a young man, worked on ships in the Chesapeake Bay. From that time, he was fascinated by marine life. He was one of the few noted San Francisco artists in the late 19th century who had not studied in Europe. His reputation was for independence, and he arrived in California in 1849 at the time of the Gold Rush. He worked as a teamster on the San Francisco waterfront and then, determining to get art training, left California to spend six years in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he took art lessons from still life painter, Samuel Marsden Brookes.
Then he returned to San Francisco and established a studio for many years on Bush Street with Brookes who followed Denny to California.
His work is in numerous collections including the Stanford University Museum in Palo Alto and the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento."Source: AskART
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On Jun-01-19 at 14:51:03 PDT, seller added the following information:Christie's had a SMALLER painting by Denny of a similar view that WAS NOT as well done (in my opinion, & I am sure you'll agree) sell for $16, 800 in 2007, which can be seen here: https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/gideon-jacques-denny-american-
