Tag: storm

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1596)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Oil on copper, 26.6 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jan Brueghel belonged to a dynasty of painters whose first outstanding member was Pieter Bruegel, Jan’s…

Northeaster (1895, 1901)

Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) Northeaster 1895; reworked by 1901 Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 127 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On the Maine coast, a “nor’easter” is a storm of exceptional violence and duration. When Homer first showed this canvas…

The Storm (1840-1845)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Storm 1840–1845 Oil on canvas, 54.6 × 77 × 7.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This seascape of 1840–45 and its companion picture, ‘The morning after the storm’, were apparently inspired by the great storm of 21…

The morning after the storm (c.1840-1845)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The morning after the storm c.1840–1845 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 54.4 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This seascape of 1840–45 and its companion picture, ‘The Storm‘, were apparently inspired by the great storm of 21…

Tempête en approche (1864)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Tempête en approche (Approaching Storm) 1864 Oil on cradled panel, 36.3 × 57.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting by Eugène Boudin, a Norman painter and Claude Monet’s teacher, exemplifies the artist’s signature style and subject matter…

Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset (1821-1822)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Cloud Study: Stormy Sunset 1821–1822 Oil on paper on canvas, 20.3 x 27.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This horizontal painting is filled with gray and white clouds against a blue sky. Wisps of white clouds are interspersed…