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John Jack Robert Charles Spurling

John (Jack) Robert Charles Spurling (1870 - 1933) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  John Jack Spurling is known for Marine painting.

Born in England December 12, 1870, he first went to sea at 16, onboard the ship Astoria, with a cargo of coal bound for Shanghai.  He suffered a fall and ended up hospitalized in China, where he took to his passion of painting ships.  The downtime provided him the opportunity to earn a second mate's certificate, and he joined the Blue Anchor Line as a junior officer.  He served for seven years, and spent years as a stage actor following this.
 
Through it all, he painted.  His art earned him a position illustrating the covers of  The Blue Peter which in turn carried his name to the corners of the earth as a highly accomplished marine artist.  Absolutely confident in not only his ability but his knowledge and research, Spurling and the publication offered up $10,000 to anyone who could successfully dispute the rig of one of his paintings.  No one ever did.  As the international code signal from where the magazine took its name, h   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1160 characters.]  Artist bio

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