Norwegian Seacoast During a Storm
Medium
etching, open-bite, black ink
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund
Accession Number
2022.249
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About this artwork
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl depicted his native Norway in dramatic landscapes that used figures to evoke the grandiose scale of nature. This etching—one of four created by the artist—shows the aftermath of a storm. A ship floats damaged in the distance while a man and his dog sit despondent on a massive rock nearby. Dahl rendered the sky and churning waves in jagged etched lines that suggest the violent movement and force of the sea outside Bergen, where he grew up. He considered this compositi...