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Sunday, November 22, 2015

UNDERWATER scenes in art

       
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Louis-Boutan diving tank 1893 Chicago Exposition
disputedly,  the first ever underwater photographer was Louis-Bhutan 
at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago      see full size
       
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a 1938 glass bottom boat
a 1938 glass bottom boat   "Viewing the Submarine Gardens"
       
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Mort Kunstler illustration of shark
a Mort Kunstler illustration      click image twice for full size
       
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a Rockwell illustration for Moby Dick
a Rockwell Kent illustration
       
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Dorothy P. Lathrop illustration of Hitty
a Dorothy P. Lathrop children's book illustration     click twice
       
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a Line Vautrin box 1955 with fishes design
a Line Vautrin box, 
1955        click twice
       
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a 1906 children's book illustration of bare breasted mermaids
from a 1906 children's book illustration ... in that era
bare breasts were not an issue       click twice
      
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Heinrich Kley, Love's Labor Lost, a deep diver and a mermaid
a Heinrich Kley drawing   "Love's Labor Lost"

   

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Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin painting of Sadko
"Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom"
 1876 Art by Ilja Jefimowitsch Repin 
From Wikipedia:  Sadko (Russian: Садко) is a character of
Russian medieval epic Bylina.  He was an adventurer,
merchant and gusli musician from Novgorodrom.
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Jay Ward animation layout of a submarine
a Jay Ward television animation layout of a submarine     click twice
       
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1960s aquatheatre photograph
1960s aqua-dancers perform aqua-theatre for empty 
seats in the aqua-quarium     click twice
       
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Diver Dan tv and comic book
a 1960s kids show on television,  "Diver Dan"
had fish marionettes set underwater.
It looked interesting,  but it was boring
for kids      click twice
       
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Dr. Seuss SECRETS of the DEEP Vol.2
Dr. Seuss  "Secrets of the Deep Vol.2"
       
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a color photograph of a 1922 room screen
a 1922 room screen
       
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Maurits Cornelis Escher carp
Maurits Cornelis Escher
       
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1880 hull inspection
scraping and inspecting the hull in 1880     click twice
       
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Walter King Stone fish underwater green
a Walter King Stone illustration
       
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Virgil Finlay sea monster
a Virgil Finlay illustration
       
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one thing's certain about the 1960s . . . even the ocean floor had style.
       
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UPA animation background
a television animation submarine,  this time from UPA     see full size
       
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a Paul Woodroffe color underwater illustration 1908
a Paul Woodroffe illustration,  1908
    
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a Colin See Paynton illustration of an otter underwater
a Colin See Paynton illustration       see full size
      
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a 1966 stylized illustration of a submarine
a 1966 illustration       click twice
        
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a Barnett Freedman illustration inside a 1943 submarine
a Barnett Freedman illustration,  1943       click twice
        
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a George Cruikshank cartoon of a happy clam
a George Cruikshank cartoon       click twice
          
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a Russ Heath comic book 1960s, Sea Devils
a Russ Heath comic book,  1960s
               
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a Linley Sambourn illustration, water baby
a Linley Sambourn illustration       click twice
       
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a Wallace Wood science fiction comic book cover
Wallace Wood
        
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a Victor Beals illustration 1934, for Fortune magazine, of a diver inspecting the hull of a ship underwater
okay let's take a good close look and . . . yes!  It's THE END
... a Victor Beals illustration,  1934
     
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2 comments:

  1. I am curious where you found the photograph of Louis-Bhutan? Do you have any other examples of underwater photography?

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  2. It was from a book about the 1893 Chicago World's fair, found at The Internet Archive

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