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Burnell Poole (30 August 1884 – 1933) was an American naval artist.
photographs by Burnell Poole
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New York Tribune, March 28, 1920: Burnell Poole—Painter of Rough Seas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poole, Burnell 1884 births 1933 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters American war artists 20th-century war artists American marine artists 20th-century American male artists
Burnell Poole (30 August 1884 – 1933) was an American naval artist.
Early life
Burnell Poole was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He married in 1920 to his only wife, Constance; they had a son, Burnell Poole Jr., in 1924.Naval Artist
During the First World War he took hundreds of photographs of the work ofUS Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
shipyards. Poole was commissioned by the Navy as a war artist to paint oil canvases of warships at sea. Many of these were unfinished on his death in 1939, and some were destroyed in a warehouse fire, but the remainder provide a view of the ships of the time and their dazzle camouflage. He painted a variety of canvases of scenes of ships in action, including of the destroyer USS ''Allen'' escorting the troopship USS ''Leviathan''. Describing one of these paintings, now held by the Naval Historical Foundation
The Naval Historical Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1926, has a broad mission to preserve and promote the naval history of the United States by supporting official Sea Services programs and institutions, meeting the needs of the pu ...
, the artist commented that "This painting depicts the U.S. Destroyer ''Allen'' escorting the troop transport ''Leviathan'' through the danger zone on a typical dull day in the North Atlantic in rough weather. The visibility is fair", and "Under such conditions the ''Leviathan'' made about 23 or 24 knots necessitating 25 or 26 notsfor the destroyer on account of her independent zigzag course."
In 1918 he visited the British Isles as naval correspondent for the New York magazine ''Everybody's Magazine
''Everybody's Magazine'' was an American magazine published from 1899 to 1929. The magazine was headquartered in New York City.
History and profile
The magazine was founded by Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker in 1899, though he had little role ...
''. He took the opportunity to paint images of the British fleet, becoming the Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
's official artist.
Legacy
Poole died at Englewood, New Jersey, in 1933. He has been described as "among the most accomplishedmarine art
Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre parti ...
ists of the first half of the 20th century"; he left many aquatint
Aquatint is an intaglio (printmaking), intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching that produces areas of tone rather than lines. For this reason it has mostly been used in conjunction with etching, to give both lines and shaded tone. ...
s of yacht
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s and other maritime scenes.
See also
*Henry Reuterdahl
Henry Reuterdahl (August 12, 1870 – December 21, 1925) was a Swedish-American painter highly acclaimed for his nautical artwork. He had a long relationship with the United States Navy.
In addition to serving as a Lieutenant Commander in the U ...
* Antonio Jacobsen
*Willy Stöwer
Willy Stöwer (22 May 1864 – 31 May 1931) was a German artist, illustrator and author during the Imperial Period. He is best known for nautical paintings and lithographs. Many of his works depict historical maritime events such as the sink ...
*William Frederick Mitchell
William Frederick Mitchell (Calshot, 1845–1914, Ryde, Isle of Wight) was a British artist commissioned to paint many naval and merchant ships.
Mitchell's collected works were originally published in The Royal Navy in a series of illustrat ...
References
External links
photographs by Burnell Poole
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New York Tribune, March 28, 1920: Burnell Poole—Painter of Rough Seas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poole, Burnell 1884 births 1933 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters American war artists 20th-century war artists American marine artists 20th-century American male artists