Name/Title
Tugs and S.S. Keewatin by George BrownEntry/Object ID
2018.13.03Description
Oil on canvas painting of tugs and docks with S.S. Keewatin steamship in background. View along the Red Dock on south side of Lake Kalamazoo.Type of Painting
EaselArtwork Details
Medium
OilSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Kalamazoo LakeCollection
Artworks, NauticalCataloged By
Gollannek, Eric 1975-Acquisition
Accession
2018.13Source or Donor
Carls, KenAcquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist
Brown, George Vincent III 1937-2018Date made
1996Notes
Technique: Oil PaintLexicon
Search Terms
S.S. Keewatin, Lake Kalamazoo, Saugatuck, DocksDimensions
Height
20 inWidth
25-3/4 inLocation
Shelf
AC bay 09Room
Art Conservation RoomCondition
Overall Condition
ExcellentRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Brown, George Vincent III 1937-2018, Keewatin (ship), Reiss (boat) 1913-Interpretative Labels
Label
From “Keeping an Eye on History” at the OSH 2018
Tug and S.S. Keewatin
George Brown
oil on canvas, 1996
the story | The S.S. Keewatin was a passenger liner, moored at the Red Dock on the south bank of Lake Kalamazoo, and harkens back to the days of large passenger liners that made Saugatuck a regular stop on their Great Lakes itineraries. Built in Glasgow, Scotland, the Keewatin regularly sailed from Port Arthur in Lake Superior to Port McNicoll on Lake Huron from 1907-1965. In 1967 it was brought into the Douglas harbor and opened as a museum and later listed the National Register of Historic Places. In 2011 it was sold and towed back to Port McNicoll.
the artist | George Brown took up painting after he retired as an executive at Ford Motor Company and operated a studio/gallery on Center Street in Douglas for several years in the 1990s. His book An Artist’s Journey, published in 2013, is a brief illustrated history of how he became interested in painting.
SDHC Collection, gift of Kenneth R. Carls and James A. Schmiechen
Accession number 2018.13.03Create Date
June 13, 2018Update Date
September 3, 2024