The Coming Storm
To scale 31 x 26 in on the wall
Representative Hand-applied gesso embellishment
About the Artwork
Bellows spent summers on Monhegan Island, Maine, and later at Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the coastal storms of those working-class fishing communities electrified his canvases throughout the 1910s. Trained under Robert Henri at the New York School of Art, Bellows was a leading voice of the Ashcan School, a movement committed to raw, unidealized American life and its physical drama. Where his famous boxing interiors found energy in human bodies in collision, his seascapes transferred that same combative force to nature. American Realism had long favored the pastoral, but Bellows pushed it toward confrontation: sky against sea, calm against storm, the familiar shore made suddenly hostile. His coastal paintings of this period were exhibited widely and are now held by the Columbus Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and other major institutions, confirming his place as one of the foremost painters of American landscape in the early twentieth century.
Product Specifications
- Finished size
- 31 x 26 in
- Frame
- Gold, premium resin, mitred
- Canvas
- Heavyweight Fredrix poly/cotton
- Finish
- Hand-applied gesso embellishment
- Inks
- Archival HP Latex, 100-year colorfastness
- Stretcher
- Solid poplar, kiln dried
- Hanging
- Wire and dust cover fitted
- Item
- 2990221
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Care & Hanging
Every piece arrives ready to hang: wire hardware pre-installed, kraft paper dust cover, gallery-finished corners.
Hanging: Every painting ships with a double-nail courtesy hook rated for every size, Estate included.
Care: Dust lightly with a soft, dry cloth as needed. Avoid direct sunlight to preserve the colors. Avoid hanging in high-humidity environments (bathrooms with active showers). Our finish is durable but is not waterproof.
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