Summer Storm
1940
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View on museum website →Medium
color wood engraving
Dimensions
image: 13.65 × 24.77 cm (5 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6703
Art Historical Context
Thomas W. Nason's *Summer Storm* (1940) captures the dramatic tension of a New England landscape on the brink of turmoil, rendered in a meticulous color wood engraving. Measuring just 13.65 × 24.77 cm, this intimate print belongs to the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection, treasure trove of American graphic arts. Nason, a master of the wood engraving revival in early 20th-century America drew inspiration from the realist traditions of artists like Winslow Homer, emphasizing nature's raw power through finely incised lines. The medium itself is a highlight: color wood engraving requires ...