Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

British, 1759-1837

Thomas Luny was the son of Thomas Luny and his wife Elizabeth Wallace. He was probably born in Cornwall and was baptized at St Ewe near Mevagissey on 20th May 1759. His mother had a son from a previous marriage, Captain James Wallace (1754-1832), who served with Nelson at Copenhagen in 1801. By 1773 Luny was apprenticed to the marine painter Francis Holman (1729-1784), giving Holman’s address at Johnson Street, St George’s when he sent his first exhibit to the Society of Artists in 1777. In 1781/82 he moved to Ratcliffe Highway, Stepney. Luny exhibited at the Society of Artists again in 1778, at the Free Society in 1783, and sent pictures to the Royal Academy from 1780 to 1793. He painted London views, portraits of East Indiamen, and battle scenes. Luny exhibited no works between 1793 and 1802 and it was once thought that he served as a purser in the Royal Navy; this has now been discounted. His painting subjects suggest that he traveled, but there is no direct evidence for this except a visit to Paris in 1777. In 1791 he bought a property at 16 Mark Lane, between Leadenhall Street and the Thames, and by 1795 he was earning enough to invest regularly in government stocks. In mid-1807 he moved (probably for reasons of health) to Teignmouth, a fashionable watering-place on the Devon coast popular with retired naval officers. A number of them became friends and patrons, notably Captain George Tobin, an amateur artist. In 1808-9 he built a handsome house on the harbor front in Teign Street, later called Luny House. Luny was a prolific producer of Devon coastal views, shipping scenes, and naval events, despite suffering so severely from arthritis that he had to paint with the brush strapped to his wrist. He sent a Battle of the Nile to the Royal Academy in 1802 and three paintings in 1837, the year that there was an exhibition of 130 of his paintings in Old Bond Street. Luny died at Teignmouth on 30th September 1837. The work of Thomas Luny is represented in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; the Bristol City Art Gallery; Exeter Art Gallery; Swansea Museum; the Peabody Museum of Salem, Massachusetts and the Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

Creator: Thomas Luny

"Shipping Off the Coast" by Thomas Luny

$18,000

"Shipping Off the Coast" by Thomas Luny

By Thomas Luny

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Shipping off the coast by English artist Thomas Luny. Oil on canvas signed and dated 35' in the lower left. Nice period and possibly original frame. Thomas Luny (1759–1837), born in Cornwall, probably at St Ewe, was an English artist and painter, mostly of seascapes and other marine-based works. At the age of eleven, Luny left Cornwall to live in London. There he became the apprentice of Francis Holman, a marine painter who would have a great and long lasting artistic influence on Luny: Luny remained until 1780 in Holman's London studio, which, was first situated in Broad Street, St. George's, and later relocated to Old Gravel Lane. Examples of his work are exhibited at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, and at The Mariners' Museum in Newport...

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1830s English Victorian Antique Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Paint

French Oil on Canvas, Nocturne with Ship off Coast, ca. 1923

$4,480

H 20.25 in W 24 in D 2.25 in

French Oil on Canvas, Nocturne with Ship off Coast, ca. 1923

Located in Atlanta, GA

featuring a ship off the coast with cresting waves under a moonlit sky, signed "A. Girot 1923," retaining original period giltwood frame

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Early 20th Century French Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Paint

Striking Enormous Canvas “The Cave” by Listed Artist Thomas George

$5,250Sale Price|25% Off

H 75 in W 64 in D 1.5 in

Striking Enormous Canvas “The Cave” by Listed Artist Thomas George

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Vintage modern art by famous Princeton artist Thomas George, titled The Cave. Enormous in scale and powerful in its simplicity, having a limited color palette of black, brown, gold ...

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1970s North American Modern Vintage Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Canvas

An Early 20th C. Coastal Scene of Fishing Boats off the Mediterranean Coast

$1,600

H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 1.5 in

An Early 20th C. Coastal Scene of Fishing Boats off the Mediterranean Coast

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A charming early 20th century Impressionist coastal-view of fishing boats off the Mediterranean coast. Oil canvas-board, signed indistinctly lower right. Set within what appears to be it’s original patinated wood & gesso frame. Sight dimensions, 14” x...

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Early 20th Century European Other Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Other

J. Thomas Soltesz "The Couriers" Original Watercolor

$750

H 22 in W 28 in D 3 in

J. Thomas Soltesz "The Couriers" Original Watercolor

Located in San Francisco, CA

J. Thomas Soltesz (American, b.1955) "The Couriers" original watercolor Original watercolor of Civil War era "couriers" in an American West landscape...

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Late 20th Century American Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Painting "Spring" by Thomas deDecker

$3,450

H 20 in W 24 in D 3 in

Original Painting "Spring" by Thomas deDecker

By Thomas DeDecker

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

(1951-). Oil on canvas; 20" x 16". Thomas deDecker was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His paintings of western landscapes and of...

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Early 2000s American Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Other

Wide French Painting “Fishing Scenery along the Coast” by Charles De Saint Geran

$2,056Sale Price|55% Off

H 38.59 in W 44.69 in D 4.34 in

Wide French Painting “Fishing Scenery along the Coast” by Charles De Saint Geran

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

French oil on canvas by Charles de Saint Geran (1884– 1963). Painted in around 1930, this superb piece of art perfectly captures a rare moment of stillness and calm on the water as t...

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Early 20th Century French Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Miniature Portrait Watercolor by Arthur James Melhuish Thomas Nettleship Staley

$596

H 5.75 in W 4.75 in D 1 in

Miniature Portrait Watercolor by Arthur James Melhuish Thomas Nettleship Staley

Located in Dublin, Ireland

Stunning example of an early rare oval Miniature Portrait Watercolour on paper within a finely chased Ormolu surround by English Artist Arthur James Melhuish (1824-1925) depicts P...

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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Giltwood

Francis Holman "The East Indiaman Ponsborne", Commanded by James Thomas

$34,500 / set

H 61.5 in W 40 in D 1.25 in

Francis Holman "The East Indiaman Ponsborne", Commanded by James Thomas

Located in San Francisco, CA

Very large ship painting of "The East Indiaman Ponsborne", commanded by James Thomas, Painted by Francis Holman. Showing the ship in 3 positions, approa...

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18th Century British Georgian Antique Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood

"on the Lapland Coast" by Hermann Ottomar Herzog

$17,500

H 12 in W 19 in D 1 in

"on the Lapland Coast" by Hermann Ottomar Herzog

By Hermann Ottomar Herzog

Located in West Chester, PA

Wonderful painting showing a group of reindeer along the coastline of Lapland. Part of Herzogs list of 1000 painting this painting is numb...

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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

Thomas Luny, Hms Bellerophon Leaving Torbay with the Defeated Emperor Napoleon

$45,852

H 19.5 in W 23 in D 0.1 in

Thomas Luny, Hms Bellerophon Leaving Torbay with the Defeated Emperor Napoleon

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Thomas Luny (British, 1759-1837) HMS Bellerophon leaving Torbay with the defeated Emperor Napoleon aboard, 26th July 1815, this oil on panel shows the crew manning the yards to bring in the sails, having just dropped anchor in Torbay, with another battleship anchored astern and a further ship under sail in the distance, the foreground with working boats approaching, signed and dated ‘Luny 1827’(lower left). In the original gilt-wood frame. Provenance: Private collection, UK. Footnote: Despite a service career as illustrious as any fighting ship...

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19th Century British Antique Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Paint

Large Monochromatic Abstract by Thomas George

$8,400Sale Price|20% Off

H 50 in W 50 in D 1.5 in

Large Monochromatic Abstract by Thomas George

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Origin II, 1962 Large square monochromatic black, grey and white abstract with heavy impasto by Thomas George. Thomas George (1918-2014) was an internationally recognized artist wh...

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1960s American Modern Vintage Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Canvas

English Antique Seascape of "Sussex Coast" (1854) by William Shayer, Sr.

$19,000

H 33.38 in W 45.13 in D 3.38 in

English Antique Seascape of "Sussex Coast" (1854) by William Shayer, Sr.

By WILLIAM SHAYER SENIOR (1787-1879)

Located in Shippensburg, PA

WILLIAM SHAYER, SR. British, 1788-1879 "Sussex Coast" (1854) Oil on canvas signed lower left "William Shayer '54" titled in graphite on stretcher bars verso Item # 404REX19W Th...

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19th Century British Victorian Antique Thomas Luny Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Paint

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