Coming Storm in the Adirondacks
Artist/Maker
William Louis Sonntag
(American, 1822–1900)
Dateca. 1865
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 17 5/16 × 24 3/16 in. (44 × 61.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.1202
Status
Not on viewAs the eastern landscape became more populated and cultivated, artists retreated to remote areas of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York to search out virgin wilderness. Sonntag's depiction of an approaching storm emphasizes the unpredictable and often destructive power of natural forces.
Exhibition History
American Artists Discover America
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 1, 1946 - February 28, 1946 )
Landscape in the 19th Century: Observation and Interpretation
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 20, 1990 - April 29, 1990 )
Figure to Non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1830-1950
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 23, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Collections
- Americas
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1999
postmarked July 4, 1958