T. Bailey (19th/20th Century) American, Maritime Oil on Canvas. Depicts a vessel fully rigged barreling through rough seas, extremely similar to a painting done by William Frederick Paskell. Signed bottom left. 

Overall: 25 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.

Sight: 19 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.

#2635 . 

For decades a fascinating mystery surrounded the maritime paintings of an artist in the late 19th and early 20th Century who signed their work T. Bailey. At one point, it was theorized they were a teacher who had influenced numerous other nautical artists, but the diversity and sheer number of paintings attributed to them made this unlikely. T. Bailey, the pseudonym of several artists associated with the Massachusetts communities around Cape Ann, who painted for the tourist trade during the early to mid-20th century.  After 1910 a large number of marine paintings by unknown artist "T. Bailey" flooded the market — all sold by an artist's representative/dealer by the name of Morris Hambro (1860-1938).  William Frederick Paskell (1866-1951) has been suggested as being one of the painters of "T. Bailey's works.  Davenport's Art Reference has him listed as Bailey, T. (William Paskell 1866-1961) whose subject matter consisted of harbors, docks, ships, and elk.  It has been thought that Paskell used two pseudonyms: T. Bailey and H. H. Howe.

Minor cuts and damage to canvas.