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William Bradford - An Incident of Whaling

An Incident of Whaling

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
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The Artist died in 1892 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
William Bradford

William Bradford was an American romanticist painter, photographer and explorer, originally from Fairhaven, Massachusetts, near New Bedford. His early work focused on portraits of the many ships in New Bedford Harbor. In 1858, his painting New Bedford Harbor at Sunset was included in Albert Bierstadt's landmark New Bedford Art Exhibition.

He is known for his paintings of ships and Arctic seascapes. He went on several Arctic expeditions with Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes, and was the first American painter to portray the frozen regions of the north. In 1862, Boston, he was an art teacher to Charles Dormon Robinson.

With funds provided by LeGrand Lockwood, Bradford traveled to the Arctic aboard the steamship Panther in 1869, accompanied by photographers John L. Dunmore and George Critcherson. Upon his return, Bradford spent two years in London, where he published an account of his trips to the north, entitled The Arctic regions, illustrated with photographs taken on an art expedition to Greenland; with descriptive narrative by the artist.(London, 1873) In 1874, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.

He was associated with the Hudson River School, not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. He adopted their techniques and became highly interested in the way light touches water and how it affects the appearance of water surfaces and the general atmospherics of a painting. He compositionally balanced many of his paintings by creating a counter-subject and by placing darker colors around the edges, framing and counteracting the center's better-lit subject.

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Off the Coast of Labrador

Off the Coast of Labrador (circa 1880s)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Arctic Seascape

Arctic Seascape (circa 1869)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Shipping Vessel With Ice Floes And Figures

Shipping Vessel With Ice Floes And Figures

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Whaler and Fishing Vessels near the Coast of Labrador

Whaler and Fishing Vessels near the Coast of Labrador (1880)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Iceberg

Iceberg (1869)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Pass in the Mountains Between Nisa and Villa Velha

Pass in the Mountains Between Nisa and Villa Velha (1809)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
The Coast of Labrador

The Coast of Labrador (1866)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
An Arctic Summer- Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay

An Arctic Summer- Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay (1871)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Coastal Rocks, Nahant; A Sketch

Coastal Rocks, Nahant; A Sketch

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Return of the Labrador Fishermen

Return of the Labrador Fishermen (1881)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Whaler off the Vineyard–Outward Bound

Whaler off the Vineyard–Outward Bound (1859)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water

Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Looking out of Battle Harbor

Looking out of Battle Harbor

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
The Whaleship Emma C. Jones off Round Hills, New Bedford

The Whaleship Emma C. Jones off Round Hills, New Bedford (1854)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
Near Cape St. Johns, Coast of Labrador

Near Cape St. Johns, Coast of Labrador (1874)

William Bradford (American, 1823-1892)
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