Gallery of the Masters 
Charles Brooking
1723-1759 England/Baroque
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Brief Biography-Charles Brooking was from Deptford in Southeast London. Charles’s father was a painter who worked in Greenwich Hospital, although Charles junior was primarily self-taught. His prime source of influence was Dutch artists such as Willem van de Velde the Younger. However, his break in the art world was when Taylor White, a Fellow of the Royal Society and patron of the arts, commissioned work for the Foundling Hospital. He subsequently became one of England’s leading maritime painters. Amongst his students was the French marine artist Dominic Serres. |
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A Cutter in a
Strong Breeze
A Dutch
Beach Scene
Lugger and a Smack
in Light Airs
Smack Under Sail
in a Light Breeze
Two-Decker on Fire
at Night off a Fort
English Flagship
Under Easy Sail
Cutter Close Hauled
in a Fresh Breeze
Ships Running
before a Gale
English Ships
Under Sail
Fishing Boats
in a Calm Sea
Ship on Fire
at Night
Ship Wrecked on
a Rocky Coast
Shipping in the
English Channel
The Capture of the
Marquis d'Antin
The Coast near
Scheveningen
A Naval
Snow
A Royal Yacht
Firing a Salute
East Indiamen
in a Gale
Shipping
in a Calm
The Capture of
a French Ship
