Nautical Painting on Canvas by H. P. VanVelzen: Clipper Ship, Framed

By 1927 the age of sail was over. Nobody seems to have told this painter.

Clipper Ship is a nautical painting by H. P. VanVelzen, from the Netherlands, dated 1927, in oil on canvas and framed. Paintings of tall ships remained popular well after steam took over the sea lanes, for a public that missed them. The ship comes almost head on under full sail, white canvas stacked high over a dark, banded hull. Slate waves roll in front, and two far-off vessels sit on the horizon. A heavy gilt frame surrounds it. The image is 18 inches high and 14 wide.

The frame is doing almost as much sailing as the ship.