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The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt (Hardcover)

by Geoff Hunt (Author)

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Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press Ltd (27 Aug 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0851779719
ISBN-13: 978-0851779713
Product Dimensions: 30.4 x 28.4 x 2.4 cm

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Presents over 100 paintings and sketches by Geoff Hunt, known to readers across the world as the artist responsible for the covers of the Aubrey-Maturin novels.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful collection of marine paintings, 25 Oct 2006

By	Marshall Lord (Whitehaven, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Geoff Hunt is one of the most talented marine artists since Montague Dawson. This book contains dozens of prints of his most beautiful paintings, which in many cases are complete with earlier versions from line drawings to colour sketches.

There are many descriptions of how the paintings came to be created, from who commissioned each one to the ideas the artist had about how to execute the commission and how he turned it real.

Most of the subjects concern warships of Nelson's era, though there are a few drawings and paintings of more modern warships or civilian ships. in particular, there are many paintings of the ships of the line in which Nelson served, many of them illustrating real incidents from Nelson's service career.

The book also contains a large number of paintings illustrating ships and scenes from the Jack Aubrey novels written by Patrick O'Brien. Indeed, many of the ships which appear in these novels were real historical vessels, and Hunt faithfully reproduced these ships in the book covers and other paintings included. In Hunt's words, "In most cases Patrick press-gangs real ships into his novels."

Geoff Hunt manages to make ships of the line and frigates from the era of fighting sail incredibly beautiful, but he also goes to some length to make his pictures realistic, even consulting the original logbooks of the ships concerned when he is trying to capture real historical events and feats of seamanship. He also consulted the original signal code books before painting the signal flags flown by his warships, so they spell out appropriate messages in the codes of the period.

If you are attracted to pictures of ships from the era of fighting sail, you will love this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very good buy, 10 Aug 2009

By	Paul Shorter "art lover" (uk) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt: Master Painter of the Naval World of Nelson and Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)

Hunt is one of those artists that doesn't make the headlines because he doesn't pickle dead sheep or encase buildings in pink plastic. Few people will have ever heard of him. Like the others in his field (EG Roy Cross) he simply gets on with the job of turning out beautifully crafted and accurate paintings, the kind that can lift your spirits and leave you feeling good at the thought that such talent and old-fashioned dedication can still be found. The book is well worth the money if you love fine art and have even a vague interest in the sea and ships. There are plenty of colour plates and some fascinating insights into how the paintings came about.

On the other hand, if you prefer your art to look more like the daubings of a disturbed toddler then you really should look elsewhere.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt, 29 May 2009

By	R. Rencoret (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt: Master Painter of the Naval World of Nelson and Patrick O'Brian (Paperback)

Wonderful book narrated by the artist. Beautiful pictures
A must if you are interested in Marine Art

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb maritime illustrations
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