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About The Artist: John Stobart

John Stobart was a British maritime artist known for his paintings of American harbor scenes during the Golden Age of Sail. Stobart was born in Leicester in 1929; his mother died from a seizure as a complication of the birth. He was brought up in Allestree and Weston Underwood, Derbyshire, and was educated at Derby Grammar School. Stobart's adored brother, George, told him, late in life, that he, John, was "drawing ALL the time on any scrap of...