MUSEUM BENEFIT

"Homage to the Sea" was the title of another exhibit, which could be seen at the William Vareika Fine Arts Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island. Vareika and his wife Alison mounted this fantastic exhibition of maritime paintings to benefit the Museum of Yachting and the International Yacht Restoration School. The works of some of the greatest marine painters were displayed through July and into mid-September.

A beautiful catalog was printed for the event. Measuring 8-in x 5-in its 40 pages contain 45 full-color pictures of some of the works featured in the exhibit.

Antonio Nicolo Gaspara Jacobsen (1850-1921), one of the best-known artists, painted more than 6000 ships that entered the harbor of New York City. The publication features two of this works - "The Sailing Ship George W. Truitt, Jr. "which he did in 1910, and "The Steamship Knickerbock," an 1812 canvas. James Hamilton (1819-1878) is represented with a canvas titled "The USS Advance Trapped in the Ice Flow at Rensellaer Cove," 1856. James Edward Butterworth (1817-1894) has five of his works on the pages. They show a barque and an American schooner off Gibraltar, two American 74-gun ships, two yachts racing and a yacht in Boston Harbor. Other artists include William Trost Richards (1833-1905), James Gayle Tyler (1855-1931) and 16 other artists.

The catalog may be purchased for a donation of $5, which includes the postage. Proceeds will benefit the Museum of Yachting and the International Yacht Restoration School. Since the school's inception, scores of students from numerous states and foreign countries have attended the school to learn the trade of a burgeoning industry. The craftsmen/artisans, many of them high school age, have restored countless pleasure craft, some of which were wrecks when they were brought to the school. The school is also restoring the 133-ft yacht Coronet that was built in 1885.

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