Steamboat Racing on the Mississippi

by Lianne Schneider

Title

Steamboat Racing on the Mississippi

Artist

Lianne Schneider

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art

Description

Digitally hand painted based on an original lithograph called "Midnight Racing on the Mississippi River" - an 1890 print of steamboats racing by Currier and Ives. This print is in the Library of Congress and in the public domain. I own the copyright to THIS recreation/interpretation while the underlying image remains in the public domain. I chose to paint this in more vibrant colors than the 125 year old print indicates and to alter some of the background detail. Online versions of this and other Currier and Ives prints are generally too small to reproduce but can serve as adequate reference images.

From Wikipedia:
Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824-1895). Based in New York City from 1834-1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored. Lithographic prints could be reproduced quickly and purchased inexpensively, and the firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people."

The name Currier & Ives first appeared in 1857, when Currier invited James Merritt Ives (1824-95), his company's bookkeeper and accountant, to become his partner. The two were very distantly connected by marriage. Nathaniel Currier soon noticed Ives's dedication to his business and his artistic knowledge and insight into what the public wanted. The younger man quickly became the general manager and also helped Currier interview potential artists and craftsmen. The younger man had a flair for gauging popular interests and aided in selecting the images the firm would publish and expanding the firm's range to include political satire, and sentimental scenes such as sleigh rides in the country and steamboat races. In 1857, Currier made Ives a full partner.

Thank you so much to the following groups for featuring this artwork:
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
BEAUTY - JAMES
BEST IMAGE PROMOTION - WILLIAM
ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
PIN ME 1 DAILY - BOB/NADINE
ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
PREMIUM FAA ARTWORKS - DAN
IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU- JOHN
3 A DAY WAITING ROOM ART - PAMELA
PLEASING THE EYE - JEFF
OUT OF THE ORDINARY - LYRIC
3 A DAY GREETING CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS - DARREN
IN THE MOOD - LISA
3 A DAY AAA IMAGES - CHUCK
WAITING ROOM ART - NAOMI
APPRECIATING WORKS FROM ALL MEDIUMS - STEFON
THE BEST OF FINE ARTS - NAOMI
MEMORIES AND NOSTALGIA - ALEXANDRIA
ALL NOSTALGIA - BOB/NADINE
ART IMPRESSIONISM TO REALISM - BOB/NADINE
COMPOSITE OR MIXED MEDIA - SHIRLEY
TOP DIGITAL ARTWORKS - NAVIN
DIGITAL MAGIC - LAURA
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
HARMONY AND HAPPINESS - ERNESTINE

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Thank you for your interest in my artwork. I am a western New York based artist with a passion for the sea and a deep love for the natural world around me. If you would like to see more, my full portfolio can be found at http://lianne-schneider.artistwebsites.com. If you enjoy my art works, please feel free to share this link with friends or share on your social networks by pushing the Pinterest, FB, Google+, Twitter or SU Buttons! Thank you! The Fine Art America Watermark will NOT appear on the finished product.

This painting, as with most of my digital paintings, is an ORIGINAL work of art created entirely on a Wacom tablet using a number of different painting programs and various genres of painting styles overlaid upon each other, much the same as the old printing process of chromolithography. In this case, the reference image is a print in the public domain and in the Library of Congress collection.

Because the final creations are entirely digital in nature they are considered to be original art work, not reproductions. According to the International Association of Fine Art Digital Print Makers (IAFADP), "An original digital print is not based upon using original artwork outside of the computer. The artist may use elements as source materials, such as photographs, drawings or other appropriated images (those in the public domain), but THE FINAL FORM OF THE WORK EXISTS ONLY IN THE COMPUTER AND AS THE FINAL PRINT OR AS AN EDITION OF PRINTS."

Please contact the artist, Lianne Schneider, directly if you purchase this image as a giclee print on canvas, framed or unframed. A signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity is available for each canvas indicating title of the work, my name, date of creation, a thumbnail of the painting, the origin of original work if the painting is a derivative, the number of your print in the limited printing and a guarantee that the work will no longer be available to the public in a canvas format once a total of 25 canvas prints are sold from all potential vendors.

See other works by Lianne Schneider in a variety of different genres - florals, still lifes, seascapes, folk art, historical pieces, vintage recreations, modified abstracts, and macros. Perfect for home, office, hotel or hospital walls, each piece is hand-painted for quality design.

Copyright Lianne Schneider 2014
This is a rights managed image available for licensing at http://licensing.pixels.com/profiles/lianne-schneider.html

All images are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist. My copyright does not imply rights to an underlying public domain image and I make no such claim. Copyright on works derived from or based on images in the public domain applies only to the subsequent manipulation or the digital painting resulting from my own style and interpretation. The original image remains in the public domain and such images are used in accordance with international law.

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