Frederick Tordoff (1939-)
Yacht Race - Isle of Wight - Americas' Cup
American: Late 20th Century
Signed lower right: "Frederick Tordoff"
Watercolor and gouache on silked paper, mounted on board
12 x 18 inches, paper
12 x 20 inches, board
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Frederick Tordoff
Yacht Race - Isle of Wight Watercolor
Yacht Race - Isle of Wight Watercolor
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Illustration of the first America's Cup regatta between America and Britain, which occurred in 1851. The winner of the race was a yacht named America. The trophy of the race remains one of the world's oldest sporting trophies. The paper is a light sienna color, and the colors used to portray the water and yachts are applied in a muted scheme.
Frederick Tordoff is a New Jersey-based artist specializing in marine and sailing subjects. Born and raised in a coastal town in England, he sketched local scenes and landmarks. While studying marine radio and electronics in Yorkshire, he began making paintings of ships in oils as an avocation. He would continue to pursue this dual career, traveling the world as a radio and electronics officer aboard ships and producing paintings of ships, first in oils, later in watercolors. Currently he resides in New Jersey, and paints maritime scenes of the Hudson, Nantucket and New Bedford whaling ships, and the northeast coast of the U.S. His paintings are in collections in England, the U.S., Scotland, Holland, Norway, New Zealand and South Africa.
Reference:
"Frederick Tordoff." AskArt.com. November 2003. http://www.askart.com (9 January 2004).