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Dropping the pilot, Hornby Light
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Dropping the pilot, Hornby Light

Artist
Date1986
Object number00039805
NamePainting
Mediumoil on canvas, wood
Dimensions655 x 855 mm
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Maersk Australia Pty Ltd
DescriptionA framed oil painting by Trevor Nixon titled 'Dropping the pilot, Hornby Light' depicting the container ship ARIAKE approaching South Head at the entrance of Sydney Harbour. This work was an entry in the 1986 ACTA Maritime Art Award.HistoryARIAKE was a container ship built in 1976 by Flender Werft in Lubeck, Germany. Significance"Our ports and harbours are no longer a part of our teeming inner city industrial scene. With the establishment of container terminals outside city limits we have lost a certain romantic aspect of sea-going life. It is this changing scene we want to help record for all times. We would like Australian artists to revive what was once a major subject for
their art, the Australian ports, harbours, ships and people."

Mr Christopher Cullen
Managing Director, ACTA Shipping
1985 ACTA Maritime Art Award