Lot 154: Claude Mowle (1871-1950) & Kenneth Luck (1874-1936) Yarmouth Trawler 'Mafreen' off the pier

Yarmouth Trawler 'Mafreen' off the pier
signed and dated 'Mowle & Luck 1909' (lower right), oil on canvasboard,
39 x 49cm (15 3/8 x 19 5/16in).

Claude Mowle was a professional photographer, while Kenneth Luck was an amateur artist. Both worked in Gorleston and collaborated on ship portraits in the early part of the 20th Century. Mowle photographed the boats, using these to solicit orders for the paintings executed by Luck, sometimes using lantern slides to project the photographic images onto his painting. Mowle framed and delivered the finished pictures, signed Mowle & Luck, selling them to the local fishermen for £1 a piece.