JOHN CHANCELLOR
"Despite his extraordinary artistic talent, Chancellor always regarded himself as a seaman first … and an artist second."
By the time he died in 1984, John Chancellor had been painting full-time for only fourteen years. He had completed seventy oils and a similar number of watercolours and one might think this was insufficient number to establish him as one of our great sea painters.
But quality rather than quantity has proved otherwise and John Chancellor is now recognised as a major talent. The publication of two superbly illustrated books by David & Charles and this series of limited edition prints, have added to the ever increasing circle of enthusiastic Chancellor collectors.
Many are professional or amateur sea-goers who have no difficulty in identifying the special details which reveal that the paintings can only be the work of a fellow seaman. Others who have never been to sea can discern that here was a man who knew his subject intimately and painted it with passion.
Born in Portugal the son of a British Anglo-Latin Lawyer, John's earliest memory was seeing the 'Grand Bankers' setting off for the Newfoundland and Greenland fishing banks. He showed a remarkable talent for drawing as a child and spent a brief period in his adult life as a commercial artist.
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