Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Painting, Ib Odfeldt, MS Nella Dan 1961, 1995
... ...icebreakers...This image depicts one such Merchant ship, manned by expert merchant seafarers and crucial to the exploration by Australian scientists of the substantial Australian Antarctic territories throughout the 20th C. nella dan anare antarctica icebreakers explorations merchant vessels artwork maritime art ib odfeldt artwork-paintings Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) hobbies asma australian society of maritime artists Artist signature at lwr right corner PAINTED.: IB ODFELDT 95
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Square loose label: 3076 Leonard Joel
Bottom corner on the frame in Pencil: POW 2894 (National Trust accession number) Framed , oil on board painting depicting a red hulled , single funnel ship cutting through sea ice MS Nella Dan 1961 Painting Painting Ib Odfeldt Leonard Joel Auctions ...
A depiction of the MS Nella Dan an active primary vessel built in 1961 by the Aarlborg Shipyard PTY Ltd, and regularly chartered by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) in the 20th C. The ship ran aground in December 1987 and unable to be salvaged, had to be scuttled in deep water off Macquarie Island. See link above, this record. The ship was named after Nel Law wife of the Director of the Antarctic Division, DR Phil Law.
"Ib Odfeldt (b. 1944) is a self-taught painter and sculptor spending many years inspired by and interest in ships and marine art whilst working as an engineer in the Danish Merchant Navy. His paintings demonstrate a keen eye for technical accuracy and skill. The balance and setting of his works have attracted interest in many commissions by lovers of marine and shipping works. In 2002 Ib was awarded the Southern Ocean Maritime Art Prize and this acquisition of the Nella Dan is presented in the foyer of the Tasmanian Maritime Museum in Hobart." (The ASMA 2019 National Exhibition - Maritime Museum of Tasmania catalogue).
According to the artist, the painting was part of an exhibition he held at "Melbourne maritime museum " (Polly Woodside) to celebrate ANARE (ARTIC SHOW). He donated two paintings of the Nella Dan.
Ib Odfledt has also entered the Maritime Art Prize several times. (2012)Maritime ArtFramed , oil on board painting depicting a red hulled , single funnel ship cutting through sea iceArtist signature at lwr right corner PAINTED.: IB ODFELDT 95
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Square loose label: 3076 Leonard Joel
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