{"product_id":"maritime-modernist-oil-ms-viking-i-by-45138","title":"Maritime Modernist Oil, MS Viking I by G.R. Cattermole, 1976 — Thoresen Cross-Channel Ferry","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare and captivating oil painting of the MS Viking I, signed and dated G.R. Cattermole 1976 — painted while the ship was in active service on the Southampton–Cherbourg route for Thoresen Ferries. This is a contemporary document, not a retrospective piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCattermole’s style here is confidently modernist — flat planes of colour, industrial clarity, no romantic sea drama. The comparison with Charles Sheeler’s paintings of American industry isn’t far off: the same tonal discipline, the same unsentimental respect for a working machine. The Saltire on the stern places it precisely in its moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat restraint is exactly what makes it work on a wall. It sits naturally alongside mid-century furniture — the muted blue-grey sky, the flat greens and deep reds read as a period palette, not decoration. Something to look at, not something to match your cushions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Viking I ran cross-Channel RORO service from the late 1960s until decommissioning in 2008 — forty years of car-ferry travel at its mid-century peak. This painting catches it at that peak, bow wave up, fully in its element.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVibrant colour, no fading. Simple wooden frame in good condition. 61cm x 35cm approx including frame.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scandinavian Modern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58118393495939,"sku":null,"price":431.0,"currency_code":"BND","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/4399\/6992\/files\/il_fullxfull.8056481272_9bdu.jpg?v=1779640744","url":"https:\/\/scandinavianmodern.store\/en-bn\/products\/maritime-modernist-oil-ms-viking-i-by-45138","provider":"Scandinavian Modern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}