William alexander coulter biography
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Marine Artist Willam Coulter
By Larry Clinton, Sausalito Historical Society
William A. Coulter was considered one of the foremost artists on San Francisco Bay. He was born in 1849 in what is today Northern Ireland, where his father was captain in the Coast Guard. According to the website for Christopher Queen Galleries, which has an extensive collection of Early California paintings:
“At age 13 Coulter went to sea and learned every detail of the ships on which he sailed. He had a natural gift for drawing and color and during his off-duty hours aboard ship he sketched and painted. After arriving in San Francisco in 1869, he worked as a sailmaker while continuing to paint in his leisure and by 1874 was regularly exhibiting with the San Francisco Art Association. By 1890 he was living in Sausalito in a house that was just a few feet from the water.”
In 1980, this paper ran a series of sketches by Coulter from the Historical Society collection, along with a plea from SHS founder Jack Tracy, for more information on him. Nine readers replied, and one sent along a biographical sketch from the New York Times almost 45 years previously, at the time of his death. Here is an excerpt from that biography:
“While living in California, Coulter made two trips to Europe and four to th
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William Coulter's "Evacuation of San Francisco," 1906
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WILLIAM COULTER (Irish, 1849-1936).
William Alexander Coulter, a painter of maritime scenes, was born in Glenariff, Ireland, the son of a sea captain. At age thirteen he began a seven-year stint as a sailor during which he often sketched and painted. Although he was to some degree a self-educated artist, he did study with several marine artists after settling in San Francisco in 1869. By 1874 he was a regular exhibitor at the San Francisco Art Association. At the end of the 1870’s he studied in Europe with maritime artists including Vilhelm Melbey, Francois Musin, and Jacob Jacobsen.
He first traveled to Hawaii in 1892, and returned several times after that. His paintings of the Hawaiian coast are noted for their realistic atmosphere and careful attention to detail. For most of the 1890’s he lived in San Francisco and created illustrations for the San Francisco Call.
Among Coulter’s best known works is a panoramic scene of the largest maritime rescue in US history, in which thirty thousand people were taken from the shoreline between Fort Mason and the foot of L
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Coulter, William Alexander (1849-1936) USA (1)
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