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Tug Boats
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
One of the rarest paintings from American artist Ron Blumbergs New York series, "Tug Boats", has
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tug Boat in New York Harbor
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tug Boat in New York Harbor Screen print, c. 1942 Signed in the screen lower right (see photo
Category

1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Jack Laycox Mid Century "Tug Boats" Oil Painting c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Laycox Mid Century "Tug Boats" Oil Painting c.1960 Original oil on panel Dimensions 36" wide
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Brooklyn Tug Boat
Located in Norwell, MA
The harbor tug Brooklyn was designed and built in 1910 by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia
Category

20th Century Nautical Objects

Brooklyn Tug Boat
Brooklyn Tug Boat
H 21 in W 33 in D 13 in
"Toot Tug Boat, Beatons, Mantoloking, N.J." Landscape Shore Oil Painting Framed
By Robert Waltsak
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist summer seashore scene of a tug boat and sailboats in Beatons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tug Boat on the Thames, Early 20th Century Etching Print, London Landscape
Located in London, GB
Etching on paper, signed bottom left Image size: 9 x 4 3/4 inches (22.75 x 12 cm) Framed
Category

1910s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

River Seine Paris Tug Boats Moored 1960’s French Post Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Banks of the Seine signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) dated 1959 or 1960 framed oil painted on canvas, beautifully painted. very good condition framed: 30 x 23 inches canvas:...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century Oil - Dutch Canal Boats
Located in Corsham, GB
A rustic, impressionistic Dutch School canal scene showing a tug boat and other traditional canal
Category

20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pal Fried 'Hungarian, 1893-1976' Towboat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boats being pulled by tug boat up canal - signed lower left - Framed dimensions: 36.5 in x 30.5
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

Brooklyn Bridge Tugboat (1953) Archival Pigment Print - Oversized
By H. Armstrong Roberts
Located in London, GB
Brooklyn Bridge Tug Boat (1953) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by H. Armstrong
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Black and White

Shrimp Boats, Tampa, Fl., Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Marine scenes are a favorite subject of mine, especially fishing and tug boats. Tampa has a large
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Old Tug under Brooklyn Bridge New York Skyline Magenta
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A captured moment of Old Tug Boat as it passed under the Brooklyn Bridge and set against the 1970
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Archival Ink

"Seine Scenery" by Thurston Hopkins
By Thurston Hopkins
Located in London, GB
Paris and a tug boat on the river belches smoke from its funnel. Original Publication: Picture Post
Category

1950s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White

On the French Coast - Large Mid 20th Century French Naif Naive Boats Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
, with tug boat, yachts and figures on the promenade. The work is very well painted in the naif style
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunrise Tug, original realist impressionist nocturnal marine landscape
By Neal Hughes
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
, scale and motion that you wonder if the tug boat is a marine landscape in oil or a fanciful dream. This
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Located in Bridgeport, CT
masted schooner sets the background with a tug boat, two masted vessel and a steamship labeled
Category

Antique 19th Century American Classical Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
Antique Shadowbox Diorama of Ship Models
H 17.25 in W 33.5 in D 9.5 in
Early 20th Century Folk Art Ship Diorama
Located in San Mateo, CA
Folk art diorama of a ship being towed by a tug boat. At the bottom of the diorama is a
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Rope, Glass, Wood

Original Vintage Poster Ashtabula Harbor Lake Erie New York Central Lines Rail
Located in London, GB
onto ships with tug boats on the water and steam rising into the sky, the text on the border below
Category

Vintage 1920s American Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster French Line Plymouth New York Art Deco
Located in London, GB
tug boats on the calm blue water and a French flag flying against the cloudy sky background, the text
Category

Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Red Star Line Pennland Ocean Liner Cruise Ship
By Charles Edward Dixon 1
Located in London, GB
boats by the coast and a tug boat named Josephine in the foreground. Founded in 1871 the Red Star Line
Category

Vintage 1920s Belgian Posters

Materials

Paper

“Narrow Channel”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache artwork of a tug boat guiding a large freighter through Puget Sound
Category

1940s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Gouache

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Cunard White Star America RMS Queen Mary
Located in London, GB
black scarf, summer dress, white hat and gloves waving to the viewer with tug boats by the majestic
Category

Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Untitled
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
notably the long-running Tug-Boat Annie and with maritime painting, Fischer was more versatile than
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"The Pearl of Panama"
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
-running Tug-Boat Annie and with maritime painting, Fischer was more versatile than depicting the sail and
Category

1930s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning on East River New York City Impressionist Bridge Boat Scene Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist New York City a wonderful morning on the East River. Tug boats gently make their way
Category

Late 20th Century American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

“New England Homestead”
Located in Southampton, NY
. Leech’s ‘Coal Tug,’ which depicts a dingy old tug boat with somber, snow covered mountains in the
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

"The San Carlos" Original Painting by William Alexander Coulter
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
, capturing the vitality of the square riggers, hay scows, tug boats and schooners that sailed in and out of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Tower of London
By Norman Wilkinson
Located in London, GB
London in the background across the River Thames. A steam tug boat pulls freight along in the foreground
Category

20th Century Post-War Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Riverscape oil painting of shipping on the Thames with Tower Bridge
By Edward Henry Eugene Fletcher
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry Eugene Fletcher. A variety of boats are depicted in the scene, including tug boats and barges. In
Category

Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Newlyn Harbour: Contemporary Oil Painting
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Newlyn Harbour: Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Brecon, Powys
This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage Poster Ashtabula Harbor Lake Erie New York Central Lines Rail
Located in London, GB
onto ships with tug boats on the water and steam rising into the sky, the text on the border below
Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Untitled Tug 4
By Kathryn Lynch
Located in Jackson, WY
of themes include tug boats on the Hudson River, speeding city cars and taxis, modern apartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Oil

Untitled Tug 5
By Kathryn Lynch
Located in Jackson, WY
of themes include tug boats on the Hudson River, speeding city cars and taxis, modern apartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Oil

Untitled Tug 6
By Kathryn Lynch
Located in Jackson, WY
of themes include tug boats on the Hudson River, speeding city cars and taxis, modern apartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Oil

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster French Line Plymouth New York Art Deco
Located in London, GB
tug boats on the calm blue water and a French flag flying against the cloudy sky background, the text
Category

1930s Art Deco More Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Red Star Line Pennland Ocean Liner Cruise Ship
By Charles Edward Dixon 1
Located in London, GB
boats by the coast and a tug boat named Josephine in the foreground. Founded in 1871 the Red Star Line
Category

1920s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage LNER Train Travel Poster Kings Lynn Norfolk Havens And Harbours
By Frank Henry Mason
Located in London, GB
dock by a warehouse building, a man in a rowing boat and people in a tug boat in the foreground with
Category

1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Boat on Choppy Water
By Kathryn Lynch
Located in Jackson, WY
of themes include tug boats on the Hudson River, speeding city cars and taxis, modern apartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Soviet Era Painting 'Along the Oka River' by Alexander Lopatkin
By Alexander Lopatkin
Located in Charlevoix, MI
boats have been pulled ashore while a small tug boat sits in the water nearby. By the threatening clouds
Category

Vintage 1980s Russian Paintings

Boats at Dock
Located in Cincinnati, OH
tug boat and a canoe. C. Hjalmar "Cappy" Amundsen (1911-2001) Casper Hjalmar Amundsen was born in New
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sun Setting On River
By Kathryn Lynch
Located in Jackson, WY
of themes include tug boats on the Hudson River, speeding city cars and taxis, modern apartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Queen Mary in Blue
By Kathryn Lynch
Located in Jackson, WY
of themes include tug boats on the Hudson River, speeding city cars and taxis, modern apartment
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Newlyn Harbour
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Boughrood, Powys
This is an archetypal Stafford painting. Cheery tugs and Cornish fishing boats bobbing about in the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Great Britain (UK) Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Newlyn Harbour
H 20 in W 30 in D 1 in
Monumental Folk Art Ocean Liner Hand Made Model
Located in Newtown, CT
ships that crossed the Atlantic. It is 8 feet long x 33 " high and 21" deep with the tug. Otherwise the
Category

Vintage 1950s American American Craftsman Nautical Objects

Materials

Wood

Reflections on a Summer Morn
By Keith Reynolds
Located in Stonington, CT
life on Puget Sound plying its waters on the fishing boats, tugs and ferries that later would become
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Compass Rose
By Keith Reynolds
Located in Stonington, CT
fishing boats, tugs and ferries that later would become the subjects of his paintings. Reynolds studied
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Compass Rose
Compass Rose
H 24 in W 34 in D 1 in
Lobstahs!
By Keith Reynolds
Located in Stonington, CT
plying its waters on the fishing boats, tugs and ferries that later would become the subjects of his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Lobstahs!
H 20 in W 54 in D 1 in
Large Historic Tug Boat Signal Bell
Located in Peekskill, NY
It's almost impossible to find one of these bells outside a maritime museum. The brass bell is about 15" in diameter and thick solid cast brass or bronze. It still sits on the origin...
Category

Antique 19th Century American Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Iron

US Coast Guard Manitou Harbour Cutter Orange Tug Boat Life Preserver Ring 30"
Located in Dayton, OH
110-foot tugs built and launched by the Coast Guard Yard in 1942, the other being Kaw. They differed
Category

Mid-20th Century Nautical Objects

Materials

Foam, Paint

Leslie Moffat Ward (1888-1978) - Early 20th Century Etching, Among the Tugs
Located in Corsham, GB
industrial town beyond. Figures onboard a steam ship look out onto the river as smoke rises from the tug
Category

20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Sailing Ship Diorama, Late 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautifully detailed diorama or shadow box of a late 19th century schooner and tug boat.
Category

Early 20th Century American Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plaster, Paper, Wool

Sailing Ship Diorama, Late 19th Century
Sailing Ship Diorama, Late 19th Century
H 14.5 in W 21.5 in D 4.75 in
P. Kilner - 1972 Oil, Thermopylae
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine nautical scene showing the majestic "Thermopylae" anchored at anchor, with steam tug boats
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Great 1940's New York City Harbor scene with boats oil on canvas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great 1940's oil on canvas New York City Harbor scene with a tug boat and another boat in the
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Early 20th Century American Maritime Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Sailboats and a Tug Boat in an harbor with a lighthouse on the distant cliff. Original oil on canvas
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cast Iron French Ship's Anchor
Located in Dallas, TX
cast iron French ship’s anchor from Marseilles area was once placed in front of the French Navy’s tug
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Rustic Nautical Objects

Materials

Iron

Cast Iron French Ship's Anchor
Cast Iron French Ship's Anchor
H 48 in W 26 in D 2 in
Red Tug (Nautical Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas of a Red Boat)
Located in Hudson, NY
Nautical themed photo-realist oil painting on canvas of a red tug boat with yellow rope and green
Category

1990s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Cruise Ship Poster by Norman Wilkinson: Blue Star Line to South America
By Norman Wilkinson
Located in London, GB
sailing boats, rowing boats and tug boats below. Artwork by the notable British artist and illustrator
Category

Vintage 1930s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Union Castle Line South and East Africa
By Frank Henry Mason
Located in London, GB
at sea below a yellow sky with tug boats in the foreground, the text above and below. Union Castle
Category

Vintage 1930s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Modern Post-Impressionist Painting Ships in New York Harbor Rattan Frame, 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
includes a large ocean liner, a couple of tug boats, a house boat or pier with building in a vivid colors
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate tug boat for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Abstract and Photorealist versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a tug boat may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right tug boat is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, gray, red and white. Creating a tug boat has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Ron Blumberg, William Jack Laycox, Fernand Léger, Keith Miller and Reginald Marsh are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and board.

How Much is a Tug Boat?

A tug boat can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,500, while the lowest priced sells for $88 and the highest can go for as much as $10,500.