About The Artist:
Marshall Johnson
Marshall Johnson is renowned for his atmospheric, dramatic marine paintings that depict ships at sea with realistic detail. The artist was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1850 and died there in 1921. In 1868, Johnson was a sailor aboard the Sunbeam, bound for South America. The ship burned at sea in 1871 and the artist was one of 12 survivors who was rescued off the coast of South America. He soon returned to Boston, where he studied at the...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.