William A. Coulter (Irish/American 1849-1936)
Oil on canvas
Signed l/r
Depicting a clipper ship with acres of sail on calm seas.
25in. x 30in (63cm. x 76cm)
Framed: 31in. x 37in (79cm. x 94cm)

William A. Coulter, a maritime painter chronicled the shipping industry in San Francisco Bay as the waterfront artist for the San Francisco Call newspaper
HIs most famous painting, done on a large canvas shade he pulled from the rubble depicts
lurid flames sweeping San Francisco and a flotilla of rescue vessels ferrying survivors from the burning city to Sausalito.
One of his most important commissions was done between 1909-20 when he painted five 16' x 18' mural panels for the Assembly Room of the Merchants Exchange Building
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