The Storm
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During the summer of 1861, the artist Matthew White Ridley introduced Whistler to Edwin Edwards, a lawyer who had left his profession to devote himself to his avocations of art and music. Edwards used a covered boat for etching expeditions on the river---no doubt inspired by "le botin," the covered boat from which the Barbizon artist Charles Daubigny sketched the Seine (see The Boat in Conflans, elsewhere in the exhibition). In June 1861, despite persistent rain, Edwards invited Ridley and Whistler to take the boat on a camping trip to Maple Durham. On this voyage, Whistler made several drypoints, including The Storm, in which Ridley battles against driving wind and rain with the river foaming in the background.
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Details
- Maker
- James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- drypoint
- Place of origin
- America
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
More by James McNeill Whistler
Shown in
- Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th CenturyAug 15, 2004 – Nov 14, 2004
- The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese PrintAug 9, 1988 – Oct 16, 1988
- Lepère, Legros, and BuhotMay 1, 1984 – Sep 23, 1984
- The Impressionist AestheticAug 10, 1982 – Oct 31, 1982
- Etchings and Lithographs by Whistler: Gifts and Loans of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph KingFeb 17, 1923 – Apr 2, 1923
