George Wesley Bellows

Coming Storm

Maker

George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925)

Title

Coming Storm

Year

1913

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Dimensions

26.7 x 32.4 cm (10 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed on verso:painted by George Bellows

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier

Object Number

85.185

Type

Exhibition History

From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Romanticism and Revival
Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993
The Ocean
Aug 17, 1990 – Oct 07, 1990

Label copy

Bellows painted Coming Storm while on Monhegan Island, Maine during the summer of 1913. This panel is one of a series of paintings that depict the action of the waves on the rocky Maine coast in bold strokes of paint applied with the brush and with the palette knife.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882-1925)
Coming Storm, 1913
Oil on panel
26.7 x 32.4 cm (10 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier 85.185

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