Thomas Chambers

American, 1808 - 1866 or after

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American painter (1808-1869)

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Thomas Chambers, Mount Auburn Cemetery, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1958.5.1

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1958.5.1

Thomas Chambers, Boston Harbor, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.4

Boston Harbor

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.4

Thomas Chambers, Threatening Sky, Bay of New York, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973.67.2

Threatening Sky, Bay of New York

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1973.67.2

Thomas Chambers, The Connecticut Valley, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1956.13.2

The Connecticut Valley

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1956.13.2

Thomas Chambers, Packet Ship Passing Castle Williams, New York Harbor, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980.62.5

Packet Ship Passing Castle Williams, New York Harbor

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1980.62.5

Thomas Chambers, Lake George and the Village of Caldwell, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1966.13.1

Lake George and the Village of Caldwell

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1966.13.1

Thomas Chambers, Bay of New York, Sunset, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973.67.1

Bay of New York, Sunset

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1973.67.1

Thomas Chambers, Felucca off Gibraltar, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1968.26.2

Felucca off Gibraltar

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1968.26.2

Waves surge up the sides of a masted ship illuminated by moonlight in this horizontal painting. The bow is angled to our right, and a wave breaks onto the deck as the ship tips away from us. Two of the frigate’s masts are broken close to the deck so nothing of the sails remain, and only the lowest sail near the ship’s bow remains beneath a partially broken mast. The bowsprit, which angles up and diagonally off the bow, is also fragmented. Men pull on rigging or stand the gunwale at the edge of the deck. Other waves heave like mountains across the painting in shades of slate and gunmetal blue. The horizon comes about halfway up the composition, and muted, dark blue clouds edged with cream white swirl like a vortex around the full moon, which is in the upper left quadrant of the painting.
Thomas Chambers, Storm-Tossed Frigate, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1969.11.1

Storm-Tossed Frigate

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1969.11.1

Thomas Chambers, New York Harbor with Pilot Boat "George Washington", mid 19th century, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1978.80.1

New York Harbor with Pilot Boat "George Washington"

Thomas Chambers · mid 19th century · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1978.80.1

Bibliography

1948

  • Little Nina Fletcher. "Earliest Signed Picture by T. Chambers." Antiques 53 (April 1948): 285.

  • Little, Nina Fletcher. "T. Chambers: Man or Myth?" Antiques 53 (March 1948): 194-196.

1951

  • Little, Nina Fletcher. "More about T. Chambers." Antiques 60 (November 1951): 469.

1956

  • Merritt, Howard S. "Thomas Chambers-Artist." New York History 37 (April 1956): 212-222.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 43.