Brian Mays, British (1938-2005)
Americas cup 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 28 x 42 cm
Framed size: 34.50 x 48.25 cm
Signature: Signed (Lower Right)
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
Brian Mays – Americas cup 1885
£3,950.00
In stock
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Brian Mays was born in Hull, Yorkshire, UK in 1938. Hull is a fishing port which was home to many of Britain’s finest marine painters in the past, including John Ward, Henry Redmore, Frederick William Settle and Thomas Somerscales. Brian followed in that tradition. He gained a vast knowledge of the sea in all its different moods as a fisherman sailing on deep sea trawlers to the fishing grounds of Iceland, White Sea, Bear Island and Greenland.
Brian left deep sea fishing in order to join his family business which gave him the time to develop his love of painting. He specialised in classic yachts from the last half of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, especially America’s Cup races and similar regattas from yachting’s golden age.
His pictures are increasing rapidly in popularity and price and they hang in many private collections world wide.
Unfortunately, Brian Mays died a few years ago. These paintings are being offered at around half of what was the normal retail price.
