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Approaching Thunder Storm is an 1859 painting by American painter Martin Johnson Heade. It was his largest painting to date.[1] The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2] It is praised for its dramatic depiction of the threatening mood of blackening skies and eerily illuminated terrain prior to the storm itself.[2] The painting has been connected to mounting tensions before the Civil War, which were often expressed in terms of natural imagery.[3][4]
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| Artist | Martin Johnson Heade |
| Year | 1859 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 71.1 cm × 111.8 cm (28.0 in × 44.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
One of a series of paintings by Heade of coastal landscapes, this work was based on a sketch that Heade made of an approaching storm on Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Here, a fisherman sits by the shore watching the storm approach; there is a faint red bolt of lightning in the left part of the sky. To his left are a dog, an iron kettle, and a spread-out boat sail. Another fisherman is rowing toward the shore, having left his sailboat out on the bay. His placement in the composition helps provide a sense of distance and a narrative for the scene.[5]
Strazdes suggests that "Heade, by refusing to prettify his scenery by association, was attempting to inject into his artistic vision a serious, monumental simplicity it had not previously possessed."[6] The composition is very open, as if seen through a wide-angle lens, and relatively empty. The swathes of dark color are novel for a landscape work. The long horizon is an influence from Heade's contemporary, Frederic Edwin Church (with whom he shared a studio),[7] as in paintings such as Niagara.[6]
Numerous pentimenti suggest that Heade altered the composition over time; for example, the hills on the horizon were originally larger and more jagged. Records suggest that Approaching Thunder Storm was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1860.[6] In 1868, Heade painted Thunder Storm on Narragansett Bay, a similar composition.
References
- Strazdes, 164
- "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- Harvey, Eleanor Jones (2012). The Civil War and American Art. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Miller, Angela (1996). The Empire of the Eye: Landscape Representation and American Cultural Politics, 1825-1875. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- Cash, Sarah (1994). Ominous Hush: The Thunderstorm Paintings of Martin Johnson Heade. Dallas: Amon Carter Museum.
- Strazdes, 165
- Cao, Maggie (2018). The End of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century America. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Strazdes, Diana J. (1987). "The Coming Storm". In Metropolitan Museum of Art (ed.). American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 164-165. ISBN 9780870994975.
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[es] Approaching Thunder Storm
Approaching Thunder Storm, en su título original en inglés, es un lienzo de Martin Johnson Heade, un pintor del paisaje estadounidense, cuyas obras se incluyen en la Escuela del río Hudson, dentro de la rama de esta escuela pictórica llamada luminismo americano.[fr] Approaching Thunder Storm
Approaching Thunder Storm (L'approche de l'orage) est une peinture de 1859 du peintre américain Martin Johnson Heade. C'est sa plus grande peinture[1] et elle fait partie de la collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art[2]. Il est notable pour sa représentation dramatique de l'humeur menaçante du ciel noircissant et du sol étrangement illuminé avant la tempête elle-même. La peinture est liée aux tensions croissantes d'avant la guerre civile, qui sont souvent manifestées en termes d'imagerie naturelle[3],[4].Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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