About the Artist:
Roy Cross (English) (1924-)
Roy Cross, an artist who specializes in 19th century-type pictures, has traveled as far south as Barcelona and as far north as Gothenburg to observe and record the enormous and fascinating variety of rigs. To undertake one or two painting commissions, he may also have to travel extensively in the USA to get details of a particular ship from the maritime museums and to visit historic ports to observe the lighting, the sea and the sky conditions which were much the same as when the ship was in those harbors. In addition, this artist has built up his own considerable library of books, photographs, plans and cuttings.
Born in the dockland of London, England, Roy first became known as an aviation artist and author during World War II. Finding this field financially lucrative yet creatively stagnant, he returned to the shipping scenes of the London docks, where in his youth he first sketched the beauty and the power of numerous trading vessels. To this he added an accurate technical and emotional understanding of the sailing ship.
STEAMER ADELAIDE PASSING FORT HENRY
OLD NEW ORLEANS IN THE 1870’S, WITH RIVERBOATS ROBERT E. LEE CENTER AND ST. LOUIS