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Fine Art Emporium - Ship Portraits, Marine Art and Nautical Antiques

Art Wanted: Sell your 19th Century Marine Painting

We are looking for works by:

Artist:	Skari, Edvard (Norwegian, 1839-1903) - Oilpaintings on canvas
Place:	Lived and worked in Oslo, Norway
Motifs:	Marine Paintings with sailing vessels, Seascapes, Harbor and Coastal Scenes
Prices:	Starting at NOK 6.000 or Euro 750 or BP 500 (Great Britain) or US$ 800 for smaller works. Prices depend on subject, size, date, quality and condition. Please send us an e-mail to receive an exact offer for your work by this artist (free of charge for persons considering to sell their painting).
Notes:	Edvard Skari was mainly self-taught, but received later an art training by the Danish Marine Artist C.F. Sorensen. His paintings are showing truely the weather and sea conditions in the Baltic or Northern Sea and his drawing of the depicted ships is quite accurate. Often we find in his works a coastline or landmark shown in the background.
Contact:	The FineArtEmporium is interested in the direct purchase of fine works (oilpaintings) by Edward Skari and can pay a good price. Please refer to our page "Contact" and send an e-mail to bais@gmx.de with the information requested there. You will receive an answer usually within 48-72 hours (up to a week in rare cases).

Example of a painting by Edvard Skari:

Skari, Edvard Known works in Private Collections and in the Art Trade

Shipping in the Oresund, Kronborg Castle beyond, ca. late 1870s or early 1880s, a full-rigged Ship is passing the Oresund and taking a pilot, many other sailing vessels in the background - signed lower right - Oil on canvas 60 x 95 cm (24 by 37 1/2 inch) without the frame - good condition (not relined, a few areas of repairs and inpaint, mainly in the sky) - Property of a European Collection

Note: The artist painted some versions with this motif. Another, larger example (80 by 126 cm and dated 1878) is in the Collection of the Norges Rederiforbund (described and illustrated under Nr. 22 in "Norsk Maritim Malerkunst" and in the Art Maritim Catalogue 2000) and the Norsk Sjofartsmuseum has as well a similar painting by Skari in their "Gram-Salen" on permanent exhibition. Click on the image to see a larger illustration. Photo Copyright is with the FineArtEmporium.

Please note, that we have no photos or additional information about the above ship(s) or painting(s). The paintings are only shown as examples of works by the artist and are NOT for sale. If you are interested to check paintings available for purchase please refer to our For Sale Category. Thank you