William Bradford, a celebrated American painter, was also a traveller and adventurer fascinated with the Arctic landscape. The Arctic Region series of works is the result of seven expeditions to the area undertaken for the purposes of art, the most ambitious of which was made in 1869. This voyage was underwritten by Boston collector and banker LeGrand Lockwood. A sealing ship called the Panther was commissioned for the trip; the vessel covered 5,000 nautical miles but was forced to turn back after being trapped for two days in pack ice. A source of great interest throughout the nineteenth century, the Arctic captured the public imagination, manifesting itself through a widespread desire for images, stories, and interpretations of this remote and desolate landscape.
For a more in-depth biography of Bradford, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of a 4-part series on the works of William Bradford:
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| c1878 Yosemite graphite and charcoal on canvas 51 x 75.6 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
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| 1880 Fishing off the Coast of Labrador oil on canvas 71.1 x 121.9 cm |
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| 1880 Whaling Ship and Iceberg oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.8 cm |
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| c1880 Icebound Ship oil on canvas 96.5 x 142.2 cm Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA |
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| c1880 Icebound Ship detail |
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| c1880 Near Midnight, Labrador oil on canvas 46.4 x 76.2 cm The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA |
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| c1880 Scene in the Arctic oil on canvas 75.2 x 121 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
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| c1880 Whaler and Fishing Vessels near the Coast of Labrador oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.2 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana |
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| 1881 An Arctic Scene oil on board 20.32 x 30.8 cm |
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| 1882 Locked in Ice oil on canvas 51.4 x 76.2 cm |
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| 1883 Goelet Prize for Sloop Yachts with Gracie in the lead oil on canvas 56.2 x 91.4 cm |
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| 1883 Looking down the Yosemite Valley near Sentinel Rock oil on canvas 147.3 x 86.4 cm |
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| 1885 Labrador Fishing Settlement oil on canvas (size not given) |
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| c1885 Fishing Boats on the Coast of Labrador oil on canvas 22.9 x 35.6 cm |
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| 1889 Caught in the Ice Floes oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm |
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| 1890 Among the Ice Floes etching in black on wove paper 42.5 x 67.6 cm (plate) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| c1910 Shipping Vessel with Ice Floes and Figures oil on canvas 55.9 x 35.5 cm |
Note: Dates for the works in the remainder of this series were not found and are listed in alphabetical, rather than chronological order.
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| n.d. An Incident of Whaling oil on canvas 55.9 x 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| n.d. Arctic Anchorage charcoal on gessoed board (size not given) |
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| n.d. Arctic Caravan oil on canvas 45.1 x 78.1 cm |
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| n.d. Arctic Harbour oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. Arctic Seascape etching on cream wove paper 12.4 x 22.8 cm (plate) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| n.d. Arctic Sunset oil on millboard (size not given) |
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| n.d. Arctic Whaler homeward bound among the icebergs oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. Arctic Whalers Homeward Bound oil on canvas (size not given) |
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| n.d. Coast of Newfoundland oil on canvas 30.5 x 50.8 cm |
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| n.d. Crushed in the Ice oil on canvas 71.1 x 112.4 cm |
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| n.d. Fishermen off the Coast of Labrador oil on canvas 52 x 82.5 cm © Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on loan at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| n.d. Fishing Boats and Icebergs oil on canvas 30.5 x 50.8 cm |
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| n.d. Fishing Boats off a Northern Headland oil on canvas 50.8 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. Icebergs, Labrador oil on board (size not given) |
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| n.d. Labrador Coast oil on canvas 30.5 x 50.5 cm |
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| n.d. Labrador Fishing Boats near Cape Charles oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. Labrador Mountain and Icebergs by the light of the Midnight Sun oil on canvas tacked over panel 45.7 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. Off Greenland—Whaler Seeking Open Water oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| n.d. Study of a lone Iceberg oil on card laid down on canvas 14.6 x 26.7 cm |
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| n.d. Sunset glow on sea and land oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.2 cm |
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| n.d. Surf beaten rocks, Mount Desert oil on board 43.2 x 66 cm |
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| n.d. The Archway oil on canvas 64.1 x 101.6 cm |
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| n.d. The coast of Labrador oil on canvas 71.1 x 118.8 cm |
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| n.d. The fisherman's house, their Arctic Harbour oil on canvas 45.7 x 76.5 cm |
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| n.d. The Ice Gate of Cape St. Michael oil on canvas 76.2 x 86.4 cm |
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