Fine Art Emporium - The Site for Marine Art

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

Private Collections of fine Ship Portraits and Maritime Antiques (click on photo to enter)

The Werder Collection has been formed by an enthusiastic and very active collector in Germany within the previous 30 years. It represents - more than other collections of this kind - the typical ship portraits which have been brought home by German Captains coming from the ports of the Nortern and Baltic Sea. The sail or steam vesseln shown on the paintings visited many harbors around the world and we find in this collection all kind of European, American and (mostly unknown) Chinese Artists from the 19th Century. Especially well represented are in this collection paintings by the older and younger Petersen (sometimes in co-operation with Holm) and works by John Henry Mohrmann, who often received commissions by German Captains. These ship portraits are not available for viewing to the public and this presentation is the first and only way to see images of all these paintings. Click on photo to enter.

The Oporto Collection belongs to an ambitious collector in the old Harbour Town of Porto, Portugal. Being himself in leading position in the Portuguese and International Trade the owner likes especially paintings and half models of the old steamers which were used in the second half of the 19th Century and in the beginning of the 20th Century until the 1920s. It is also of meaning to the collector that the painter is not only locally known, but internationally recognized as a good ship portrait or marine artist. A recent addition to the collection was the magnificent painting of the "Peninsular" by the leading steam ship portraitist of the world - Antonio Jacobsen - see photo right and the description below. We will update this page with more additions in the future. These items are not available for viewing to the public and this presentation is the first and only way to see images of these paintings. Click on photo to enter.