Norwegian Dawn Groundbreaking Artwork Extends
to Hull
Hull art unveiled as Norwegian Dawn
floated out of Meyer Werft
 Miami
- November 4, 2002 - Most cruise ships relegate their artwork
to the inside. Norwegian Cruise Line takes art one-step further
by featuring dynamic images on the hull of its newest Freestyle
Cruising ship - Norwegian Dawn.
The artwork, depicting Norwegian Dawn's innovative itinerary,
runs on both sides of the hull with the starboard side featuring
dolphins playing in Technicolor waves reflecting the ship's
Caribbean itinerary from the port of Miami. The port side
features New York City's leading lady, the Statue of Liberty,
signifying the ship's groundbreaking Bahamas and Florida itinerary
from the port of New York.
The ship's hull also features reproduced signatures of 20th
Century masters Renoir, Matisse, Van Gogh, Monet and Pop icon
Andy Warhol. NCL is installing a collection of original oil
paintings by the Impressionist artists in its signature Le
Bistro restaurant. Elsewhere on the ship is a collection of
Pop Art featuring original signed works by Warhol.
The artwork is on loan from Star Cruises Chairman Tan Sri
Lim Kok Thay's personal collection and will be displayed on
the 2,240-passenger Norwegian Dawn.
NCL unveiled the hull artwork, designed by Graphic Designer
Keith Allan, as it was floated out of Meyer Werft in Papenburg,
Germany.
The Countdown Continues
On Nov. 2, 2002, the 91,740-ton Norwegian Dawn sailed
down the Ems River from Papenburg to Eemshaven (Netherlands)
and is performing a series of preliminary sea trials before
docking at Eemshaven for final outfitting. Official Sea Trials
are scheduled for Nov. 8-11, 2002. On December 5, Norwegian
Dawn will officially be handed over to Norwegian Cruise Line
and will sail to Southampton, England. On December 6th in
Southampton the vessel will host a one-night preview cruise
for European travel agents and press.
From there, Norwegian Dawn will sail a transatlantic voyage,
premiering in New York City on December 14, 2002. NCL will
roll out the red carpet for its inaugural festivities in New
York on December 16th, before the ship begins her regularly
scheduled sailings alternating between the Eastern and Western
Caribbean from the port of Miami on December 21, 2002.
The ship begins her inaugural summer season from New York
on May 18, 2003 to begin a series of seven-day, round-trip
sailings to the Bahamas and Florida.
Ports of call on this innovative itinerary include Nassau
and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas, and Miami and Port Canaveral/Orlando
in Florida. Guests have the additional option of embarking
in Port Canaveral as well.
About the Artist
Graphic designer Keith Allan was born in Mozambique,
grew up in South Africa and began his career as a graphic
designer in Johannesburg. Allan moved to London in 1996 to
continue his career with SMC & Tillberg Design Group,
world-renowned architects and interior design company who
designed Norwegian Dawn. Allan has been instrumental in the
design of several Star Cruises vessels, including the Superstar
Leo, Superstar Virgo and Norwegian Star.
Masterworks for A Masterful Ship
The four master works on exhibit in Le Bistro each
represent outstanding examples from different periods in the
artists' lives. A summary of each follows:
"Un Parc Au Printemps (A Park in Spring)" - Vincent
Van Gogh (1853 - 1890)
Painted in May 1887 during the two years the artist spent
in Paris - among the most pivotal of his career -- the earliest
known owner of this piece was Mme E.H. du Quesne-Van Gogh.
It has previously been exhibited in Amsterdam at the Van Gogh
Museum on loan from 1993 - 1999, and in Washington, D.C. at
the National Gallery of Art from 1998 - 1999.
"Nu Au Turban (Nude with Turban)" - Henri Matisse
(1869 - 1954)
Often regarded as the most important French artist of the
20th century, Matisse painted this work in Nice in 1921. Acquired
from the artist in April 1921 by Josse & Gaston Bernhelm-Jeune,
it was exhibited publicly by the National Museum in Stockholm
in 1963.
"Vetheuil de Soleil (Vetheuil in Sunshine)" -
Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)
Painted in Giverny in 1880 by the man credited with the birth
of Impressionism, this work was originally acquired from the
artist in April 1880 by Luquet and Ernest Hoschede. It has
a long history of exhibitions starting in Le Havre by the
Society for Friends of the Arts of Le Havre in 1880. It was
later exhibited at the Hotel de la Curiosité et des
Beaux-Arts in 1925.
"La Baigneuse (The Bather)" - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
(1841 - 1919)
A leader among the Impressionists, Renoir painted this work
in Cagnes in 1909. Maurice Gangnat of Paris, a friend and
patron of the artist acquired it in June 1925. It was first
exhibited in Paris at the Musee de l'Orangerie in 1933 and
then at the Palais Des Beaux-arts of Brussels in 1935.
NCL will display 25 signed and numbered Warhol silkscreen
prints in three of its expansive stairwells on Norwegian Dawn.
Like Norwegian Star, Norwegian Dawn will be one of NCL's
largest ships, accommodating 2,240 passengers and 1,100 crew.
It will also feature NCL's new standards in cabins, with rich
cherry wood finishing, refrigerators, tea and coffee makers
in every room, and a much larger bathroom unit than other
ships, containing separate WC, shower, and washstand compartments
separated by sliding doors. Seventy percent of cabins are
outside staterooms and over 70 percent of these have balconies.
Thirty-six suites, 372 standard staterooms with balconies,
and an entire deck of 107 mini-suites with balconies are among
the spacious and well-appointed accommodations located on
the 15-deck ship. There also will be 20 cabins of various
types designed for passengers with disabilities.
In addition, Norwegian Dawn offers the ultimate opportunity
to cruise in style with the spectacular Garden Villa suites.
At a cost of $26,000 per week, each of the two Garden Villa
suites offers an unprecedented 5,350 square feet of living
space at sea.
For further information on NCL, contact a travel agent or
NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 327-7030; in Miami-Dade
County, Fla., (305) 436-0866; or on AOL at keyword: NCL
To see photos please go to www.ncl.com/hires.
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