John Stobart (29 December 1929 – 2 March 2023) was a British maritime artist known for his paintings of American harbour scenes during the Golden Age of Sail.

Stobart's adored brother, George, told him, late in life, that he, John, was "drawing ALL the time on any scrap of paper you could find, from the age of 6".

[2] Despite growing up in landlocked Derbyshire, Stobart had a fascination with the sea that stemmed from childhood visits to his grandmother in Liverpool, where he observed the city's busy docks.

Following his graduation, Stobart travelled to Africa by sea in order to visit his father who had emigrated to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.

[nb 3] The sketches he made of the twelve ports he visited on the journey inspired him to pursue maritime art as a speciality.