Accession Number
2012/2.221

Title
Landscape with Stormy Sky

Artist(s)
John Linnell

Medium & Support
black chalk, white and green pastel and watercolor on brown wove paper

Dimensions
5 7/8 in x 9 5/16 in (14.92 cm x 23.65 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink

Subject matter
A landscape with a clouded sky.

Physical Description
This watercolor, chalk and pastel on brown paper depicts a loosely sketched landscape with a dramatic grey-blue cloud taking up most of the composition. A triangular sliver of green and white water interrupts the land and sky from the left below the horizon line. The foreground is rendered in a broad wash of brown watercolor.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Primary Object Type
landscape

Rights
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Keywords
clouds
landscapes (environments)
sky