John Bentham Dinsdale (British)(b. 1927)
John Bentham Dinsdale paints the sea and the great ships of the era when “Britannia ruled the waves”
with her fleets of Clipper ships and fighting ships whose huge white sails took them over the seas of the world.
After going to Ashville College, Dinsdale spent five years at the School of Architecture in Leeds,
graduating with a Dip. Arch, A.R.I.B.A. During World War II, John was a commissioned officer and pilot in the Royal Air Force.
Dinsdale had been painting virtually since he could hold a brush, but it was not until 1965, having moved back to Yorkshire,
that he made a full-time commitment to marine painting and historical research.
Dinsdale’s wide-ranging research has resulted in his painting not only English Clipper ships, but American ones as well.
VISIT OF KING CHARLES II TO HIS FLEET AFTER THE BATTLE OF SOLE BAY 1672