James John Wilson Carmichael was born in 1799 in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. His interest in seafaring may have been sparked by the fact that his father was a carpenter who specialized in building ships. Carmichael followed in his father's footsteps and learned the same trade. He was drawn to the sea at a young age and spent several years on a transport ship in the region of Portugal and Spain. He then worked in Newcastle for the carpentry firm Farrington & Bros. which was also involved in shipbuilding. Even then Carmichael discovered his interest and talent for painting. And the Farringtons gave him his first paintbox.
Carmichael was only 23 when he opened a studio in his home town. The landscape painter Thomas Miles Richardson Senior worked in the same studio. Right next door was a gallery, the Northern Academy of Arts, where Carmichael exhibited many of his paintings. He painted with oil and watercolors. His preferred motif: ships. Carmichael's paintings are characterized by their luminous radiance and amazing three-dimensionality. Proportionally, the sky usually dominates, sometimes clear, sunny and friendly, sometimes threateningly covered by a band of clouds passing by, or filled with the powder dust of exploding cannon fire. Proud frigates with sails fluttering in the wind lie peacefully at anchor in bays and drift on calm waters, then again they brave dark breakers and thunderous storms. Or they wage war against each other. In the background there is often a hill on which an imposing building is enthroned, a fortress or a lighthouse, veiled by a light haze.
But Carmichael is also drawn to landscapes far from the coast: idyllic village streets, wooded parks, viaducts and bridges, cathedrals and urban panoramas. Finally, he also painted the nave of St. Peter's Church in his home town Newcastle, gently illuminated by the sunlight coming in through the windows. One almost believes to find oneself in it, so real and vivid the scenery seems. Carmichael got his inspiration on extensive journeys through Italy and Holland, where he also painted merchant ships in ports and off the coast. In 1847 he moved from Newcastle to London and from then on exhibited his paintings in important galleries, such as the Royal Academy and the Society of British Artists. His studio was located in the Chelsea district of London, a district where many painters of the Victorian period stayed, including J.M.W. Turner.
Carmichael worked for the Illustrated London News, an English weekly magazine at the time. In 1954 he was sent to the Baltic Sea region to paint scenes of the Crimean War. But Carmichael also captured more pleasant moments in his pictures. He impressively depicted a maritime scene in which the British explorer James Clark Ross undertook an expedition in Antarctica. At the age of almost 70, Carmichael went permanently to Scarborough, not far from Newcastle, where he spent the rest of his life and finally died in 1868. His paintings can be admired in various galleries in London and Newcastle.
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.jpg "Shore Parties Disembarking, Brigs in a Swell Beyond by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Opening of Sunderland South Docks, 20 June, 1850 by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Fishermen Gossiping Before a Beached Vessel, 1846 by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Grand Naval Review, Liberty-Men going on Shore by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Garden Front, Beaufront Castle by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Engagement, Twenty-Five Minutes to Four by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Holme Eden, near Carlisle by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Morpeth Gaol, Northumberland by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Study for a Whaling Picture by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Great Eastern on the Stocks, as seen from the River by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Bombardment of Sveaborg, burning of the 60 Gun-Boat Sheds, sketched from an Opposite Rock by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, HMS Vulture, superintending the Repairs of the Mortars during the Bombardment of Sveaborg by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "A Proposed Scheme for a New Street, Newcastle, 1831 by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Sunday Morning Divine Service on Board The Caesar, in the Baltic Fleet by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "A View of Murton Colliery near Seaham, County Durham by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Officers and Seamen of the Fleet on Shore at Nargen by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 5th August 1855 by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The sinking of the Forfarshire steamboat on the rocks of the Farne Islands by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Naval Review, Dance on Board HMS Caesar, 91, Captain Robb by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Depot at Hexham, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1836 by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Brayford Pool and Lincoln Cathedral by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Cairn Beck Embankment, 1835 by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "The Shipyard at Hessle Cliff by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Riding Out a Gale from the East Mossmans Hole-Oldang by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Brinkburn Grange and the Ruins of Brinkburn Priory by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Men-of-War off Portsmouth Harbour by John Wilson Carmichael")
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.jpg "Boats and Buoy - Hartlepool by John Wilson Carmichael")
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