{"id":9931762368793,"title":"Various: pre-war - \"The Marine Paintings of Chris Mayger\"","handle":"various-pre-war-the-marine-paintings-of-chris-mayger","description":"\u003cp\u003eShip History - \"The Marine Paintings of Chris Mayger\", introduction by David Larkin, printed 1976, softbound with 100 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile you may not recognize this artist's name, chances are you've held his works in your hands. Chris Mayger (1919-1994) made his career painting dramatic maritime scenes for book covers. Besides rendering an accurate vessel, Mayger needed to imbue the illustration with enough action to attract the reader and leave enough space for a title and an author's name. When covers with artwork spilling onto the back came into vogue, Mayger had to create a larger scene but still make sure most of the action appeared on the right-hand side where it would show on the cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Larkin provides a concise description of the travails of painting for covers in the into. But most of the book is color plates showing the entire artwork with the book title to the left. As can be expected for mid-20th century sea action books, most subjects are WW2 naval vessels. But a few merchant ships are slipped in, including \"The FLYING ENTERPRISE\" tipped way over on its side, and a sinking TITANIC used in \"The Maiden Voyage of the TITANIC.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-09-16T12:12:33-04:00","created_at":"2025-05-12T16:19:46-04:00","vendor":"N","type":"- Books","tags":["- Artwork","A to Z: 100s of Ships","Military","Misc.","New Items"],"price":3500,"price_min":3500,"price_max":3500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":50768745693465,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"10795a","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Various: pre-war - \"The Marine Paintings of Chris Mayger\"","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3500,"weight":57,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/10795a.jpg?v=1747081083"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/10795a.jpg?v=1747081083","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":41071948169497,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.808,"height":2655,"width":2144,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/10795a.jpg?v=1747081083"},"aspect_ratio":0.808,"height":2655,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/10795a.jpg?v=1747081083","width":2144}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eShip History - \"The Marine Paintings of Chris Mayger\", introduction by David Larkin, printed 1976, softbound with 100 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile you may not recognize this artist's name, chances are you've held his works in your hands. Chris Mayger (1919-1994) made his career painting dramatic maritime scenes for book covers. Besides rendering an accurate vessel, Mayger needed to imbue the illustration with enough action to attract the reader and leave enough space for a title and an author's name. When covers with artwork spilling onto the back came into vogue, Mayger had to create a larger scene but still make sure most of the action appeared on the right-hand side where it would show on the cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Larkin provides a concise description of the travails of painting for covers in the into. But most of the book is color plates showing the entire artwork with the book title to the left. As can be expected for mid-20th century sea action books, most subjects are WW2 naval vessels. But a few merchant ships are slipped in, including \"The FLYING ENTERPRISE\" tipped way over on its side, and a sinking TITANIC used in \"The Maiden Voyage of the TITANIC.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}