Detail View: The AMICA Library: Storm in Umbria
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1900.605
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Vedder, Elihu
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Dates/Places:
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American; 1836-1923 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Elihu Vedder
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Title:
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Storm in Umbria
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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1875
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Creation Start Date:
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1875
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Creation End Date:
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1875
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Materials and Techniques:
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Oil on canvas
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Creation Place:
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Europe,Italy,Umbria (region)
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Dimensions:
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33 x 114.3 cm (13 x 45 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1900.605
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson Collection
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower right: "Elihu Vedder Rome 1875"
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Rights:
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Context:
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Between 1867 and 1875, Elihu Vedder painted numerous scenes of Umbria, a region in central Italy that lies roughly equidistant between Rome and Florence. These works integrate characteristic features of the Umbrian landscape-wide basins and river valleysflanked by the Umbrian-Marchigian Apennine mountain range-with pastoral, anecdotal details, such as goatherding and dramatic atmospheric effects, to suggest both specificity of place and the evocative qualities of the Italian landscape. Since the early part of the nineteenth century, American artists travelled to Italy to augment their educations and experience the Old World. Vedder continued this tradition by finding inspiration from Italy's varied landscape and rich art-historical traditions.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E27896.TIF
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