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Approaching Storm: Beach near Newport
Martin Johnson Headeabout 1861 - 1862
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, MA, United States
Heade's almost mythic rendering of a storm approaching the Rhode Island coast was one of a series he painted of this site. Here, he evoked nature's energy not through turbulence but through deadly calm. The darkening sky and water, the exaggeratedly long shoreline, and the odd, stylized rocks all create an ominous mood.
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Details
- Title: Approaching Storm: Beach near Newport
- Creator Lifespan: 1819 - 1904
- Creator Nationality: American
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date Created: about 1861 - 1862
- Physical Dimensions: w1482.7 x h711.2 mm
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.
- External Link: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/approaching-storm-beach-near-newport-32947
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Inscription: Lower left: M. J. Heade 186[?]
- By: Martin Johnson Heade
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