A Rescue After the Squall
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1840
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 19 x 26 in. (48.3 x 66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.30
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 210
Label TextA Rescue After the Squall, ca. 1840 American Oil on canvas Looming storm clouds menace the crew piloting a small boat that races to the aid of a sailor who clings perilously to a ship’s wreckage. The artist’s eerie color palette heightens the intensity of this nighttime rescue scene, creating a work of high drama in which the outcome remains far from certain. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.30 ProvenanceGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 1976.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Democratic Designs: American Folk Paintings from the Chrysler Museum," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, August 16, 2014 - April 5, 2015.
