Off to the beach in summer with English painter Campbell Archibald Mellon. Living from 1876 to 1955, he painted many seaside scenes.

*Late Afternoon, June 1927.* 1927. English. Oil on board. Campbell Archibald Mellon, painter (1876-1955). Signed on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Collections of and image credit Great Yarmouth Museum. via art.uk https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/late-afternoon-june-1927-2002

*The Holiday Season.* Exhibited in 1936. English. Oil on canvas. Campbell Archibald Mellon, painter (1876-1955). Signed *C. A. Mellon* on the lower left. © Estate of the artist. Collections of and image credit Great Yarmouth Museum. via art.uk https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-holiday-season-2003

*Late Afternoon, August 1926.* ca. 1926. English. Oil on board. Campbell Archibald Mellon, painter (1876-1955). Signed *C. A. Mellon* on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Collections of and image credit Great Yarmouth Museum. via art.uk https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/late-afternoon-august-1926-2005

*Gorleston Beach.* Undated, ca. 1920s, before 1955. English. Oil on canvas. Campbell Archibald Mellon, painter (1876-1955). Signed *C. A. Mellon* on the lower right. © Estate of the artist. Image © Copyright 2023 Roseberys. Fair use license https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0501-lot-505528

Visions of Greenland, painted by Danish artist Emanuel Aage Petersen. Living from 1894 to 1948, he was the last of the “Grønlandsmaler” painters, a group of artists whose subjects include the history of Greenland documenting the arctic way of life.

*Scenery from Greenland with Two Dog Sledges in the Evening Sun*. Undated, by 1948. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed *Emanuel A Pedersen* on the lower right. Image © Uno Langmann Ltd. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.langmann.com/evening-sun-greeland-by-emanuel-a-petersen-danish-1894-1948

*Parti fra Nordgrønland ved Umanakøen, i forgrunden hundeslæde.* 1946. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed and dated *Emanuel A. Petersen 46* on the bottom right. Image source: bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_A._Petersen_-_Parti_fra_Nordgr%C3%B8nland_ved_Umanak%C3%B8en,_i_forgrunden_hundesl%C3%A6de_-_1946.png

*Midnight sun over Greenland.* 1936. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed and dated *Emanuel A. Petersen* on the lower right. Inscribed *Midnatssol Nordgrønland 1936* on the reverse. Image © Uppsala Auktions Kammare. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.uppsalaauktion.se/en/auctions/20240611/685-emanuel-aage-petersen/

*I Umanakfjorden.* 1921-1948. Danish. Oil on canvas. Emanuel Aage Petersen, painter (1894-1948). Signed *Em. A. Petersen. I Umanakfjorden* on the lower right. Image source: bruun-rasmussen.dk. In the public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_A._Petersen_-_I_Umanakfjorden.png

Off to the Arctic with American painter William Bradford (1832-1892). My fingers are feeling frozen just thinking about it.

*An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay.* 1871. American. Oil on canvas. William Bradford, painter (1832-1892). Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10207

*Arctic Sunset of Labrador.* 1872. American. Oil on board. William Bradford, painter (1832-1892). Signed *William Bradford* on the lower left and signed and dated *William Bradford ’72* on the lower right. Image © 2025 Grogan & Company, Inc. Fair use license. https://www.groganco.com/auction-lot/william-bradford-american-1823-1892-arctic-s_ACA4D2C996

*View of Sermitsialik Glacier*. 1873. American. Oil on canvas. William Bradford, painter (1832-1892). Private collection. The Athenaeum. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://eclecticlight.co/2017/10/08/coast-ice-the-arctic-art-of-william-bradford/

*Fishing Fleet off Labrador.* 1884. American. Oil on canvas. William Bradford, painter (1832-1892). New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via Wikimedia Commons.https://eclecticlight.co/2017/10/08/coast-ice-the-arctic-art-of-william-bradford/

William Bradford was born in the port of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, which shares its harbor with the city of New Bedford which was home to many of the American whaling fleets who went after whales in the Arctic so must have had many stories to tell. Bradford also went along on expeditions to the Arctic at least twice along with outings to Labrador and Newfoundland so these are if not from life the closest thing to it.

In the nineteenth century, the Arctic and Antarctic were regarded as the last frontier like outer space is today.

Dramatic paintings of the sea by American artist William Trost Richards. Living from 1833 to 1905, he was an important American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement.

*Sunlit waves.* 1903. American. Oil on canvas. William Trost Richards, painter (1833-1905). Signed and dated *Wm. T. Richards. 03′* on the lower left. Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6519594?ldp_breadcrumb=back

*Coastal scene.* Undated, by 1905. American. Oil on canvas. William Trost Richards, painter (1833-1905). Signed *Wm. T. Richards/Phil on the lower right.* Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6519700

*South-West Point, Conanicut.* 1878-1879. American. Watercolor and gouache on fibrous blue-gray wove paper. William Trost Richards, watercolorist (1833-1905). Collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Image © 2025 National Gallery of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.nga.gov/press/acquisitions/2023/william-trost-richards.html

*Purgatory Cliff.* 1876. American. Watercolor and gouache on light tan wove paper. William Trost Richards, watercolorist (1833-1905). Signed and dated W. T Richards 1876 on the lower left. Collections of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11906

Down to the water to catch a breeze with English painter John Brett. Living from 1831 to 1902, was a British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Studied with Richard Redgrave.

*Distant Capri.* 1897. British. Oil on canvas. John Brett, A.R.A, painter (1831-1902). Signed and dated *John Brett 1897* incised lower left. Image © 2024 Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/european-british-art-l24101/distant-capri

*Kynance.* 1888. British. Oil on canvas. One of several studies that Brett produced on a visit in the autumn of 1888 as preparation for his ambitious painting *The Lion, the Lizard and the Stags*. John Brett, A.R.A, painter (1831-1902). Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435775

*Carthillon Cliffs.* 1878. British. Oil on canvas. John Brett, A.R.A, painter (1831-1902). Image credit and collections of Royal Holloway, University of London. Image © Royal Holloway, University of London. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/carthillon-cliffs-12805

*H.M.S. ‘Northumberland.’* Undated, by 1902. British. Oil on canvas. John Brett, painter (1831-1902). . Image credit and collections of the King’s Lynn Museums. Image © King’s Lynn Museums. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/hms-northumberland-253

Norwegian land and sea scapes. Peder Balke, painter. Living from 1804 to 1887, he studied under various Norwegian and Danish painters and at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.

*View of Torghatten and the Church of Brön Öe*. Undated, by 1887. Norwegian. Oil on cardboard. Peder Balke, painter (1804-1887). Image © 2024 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.mutualart.com/Article/The-Sublime-Northern-Landscapes/E05238FEDEE68D29?utm_source=MutualArt+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f983716501-PULSE_NEWSLETTER_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c79256f9a5-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

*Gaustatoppen.* 1858. Norwegian. Oil on panel. Peder Balke, painter (1804-1887). Signed *Balke* on the lower right. Private collection. Image source: https://gwpa.no/nb/lots/1297 Artwork itself in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peder_Balke-Gaustatoppen.jpg

*Nordkapp.* 1848. Norwegian. Peder Balke, painter (1804-1887).The Gundersen Collection, Oslo. Photo: Morten Heden Aamot / The Gundersen Collection. Artwork in the public domain due to age; via https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/70010337/invitation-to-exhibition-press-conference-at-2pm-on-tuesday-199-the-norwegian-painter-peder-balkes-paintings-bring-the-vanishing-nature-of-the-arctic-to-the-sinebrychoff-art-museum?publisherId=4119

*Vue de Troms-Öe*. 1847. Norwegian. Oil on board. Peder Balke, painter (1804-1887). Collections of the Louvre Museum, Paris. Image source: http://www.ub.uit.no/ northernlights/eng/balke06.htm. Artwork in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peder_Balke-Troms%C3%B8.jpg

*Cliffs by the Coast of Northern Norway*. Mid 1840’s. Norwegian. Oil on canvas. Peder Balke, painter (1804-1887). Image source: Villa Grisebach, Berlin, 2. Dezember 2020, lot 159. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peder_Balke_-_Cliffs_by_the_Coast_of_Northern_Norway_%281840s%29.jpg

Dreams of a Greece that isn’t coming back. Watercolors from an album with views of Greece done by artist Miltiadis Thon (1875-1945) whose album it was. It was part of a 2003 Bonhams auction.

Watercolor from an album that belonged to artist Miltiadis Thon with 135 watercolors done by the artist with various depictions of landscapes and seascapes of Greece. 1845. Signed and dated on the lower left. Image © Bonhams 2001-2023. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10584/lot/19/?category=list

The Parthenon. Watercolor from an album that belonged to artist Miltiadis Thon with 135 watercolors done by the artist with various depictions of landscapes and seascapes of Greece. 1895-1937. Signed on the lower right. Image © Bonhams 2001-2023. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10584/lot/19/?category=list

Miltiadsis Thon was a Greek artist of German descent. He was a descendant of Karl Christian Friedrich Thon, a Bavarian, who settled in Athens in 1833 when he arrived as a member of the court of King Otto.