The 42nd Schaefer International Marine Art Exhibition

will be at The Mariner Gallery in Newport, Rhode Island from September 18th to October 10th 2025.

This prestigious show has historically attracted the finest marine artists from around the world, with legends such as John Stobart, Tom Hoyne and Don Demers winning the Rudolph J. Schaefer III Maritime Heritage Award. Jane Schaefer and the Schaefer family have been dedicated stewards of the contemporary marine art movement for over half a century, supporting the exhibition when it was in Mystic and now ensuring marine art its place in American culture.

World-class artists from around the globe will be presenting works, including Christopher Blossom,, Don Demers, Frits Goosen, Russ Kramer, Richard Loud, Joseph McGurl, Patrick O’Brien, Maarten Plaatje, Sergio Roffo, and Len Tantillo. 

Works in the exhibition are being offered for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to support the Center for American Marine Art’s mission to protect and preserve America’s maritime visual heritage. The Center’s work includes underwriting artist-in-residence programs, the annual Schaefer International Exhibition and the comprehensive imaging and cataloging of historic marine art in cooperation with major maritime museums around the country, including The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, South Street Seaport Museum in New York City and Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia.

Works were selected from hundreds of submissions to create the highest quality exhibition possible, with guidance from expert gallerist Russell Jinishian, who originally launched the International at Mystic, and Andre Arguimbau, a leading marine art dealer in Newport. Ten works will be chosen to receive awards, including three given by the Schaefer family and one given by the Stobart Foundation. Jane Schaefer will give the Emerging Artist Award, the Maritime Heritage Award and the Yachting Heritage Award in the name of her late husband, Rudolph J. Schaefer III. Anne Fletcher, wife of the late John Stobart, will present the Stobart Foundation Award. \

Selected Works can be seen below