Storm King on the Hudson

Homer Dodge Martin1862 - 1862

Details

Title: Storm King on the Hudson
Creator Lifespan: 1836 - 1897
Creator Nationality: American
Creator Gender: Male
Date: 1862 - 1862
Location: United States
Physical Dimensions: w38.25 x h22 in (Complete)
Type: Paintings
Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Anna Vandenbergh
External Link: http://www.albanyinstitute.org/home.html
Medium: Oil on canvas
Painter: Homer Dodge Martin (1836-1897)
Additional Comments: Homer Dodge Martin began his career painting precisely rendered landscapes. Then—under the influence of French Barbizon artists such as Rousseau and Corot—changed his style to create more atmospheric pictures. As time went on, Martin's paintings became more like dreamlike landscapes of the mind than portraits of a specific place. Storm King, however, belongs to the earlier phase of his career. The canvas depicts one of the Hudson River's most famous mountains, located just north of West Point. We see the scene in full sunlight, likely at the end of summer, as the leaves are starting to change color. The composition, with a tree trunk angled slightly forward toward the center of the canvas, opening out to the distant view of the mountain, follows a standard arrangement used by many American landscape painters of the era.

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more