TitleA Maine Storm
Artist
Jay Hall Connaway
(American, 1893 - 1970)
Dateca. 1946
MediumOil on Masonite
DimensionsUnframed: 24 1/8 × 39 7/8 in.
Framed: 27 7/8 × 44 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Connaway / 4[?]"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, November 4, 1946
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number261-P
Label TextThis powerful depiction of a storm along the coast of Maine demonstrates the lingering influence into the mid-twentieth century of similar scenes by Winslow Homer and George Bellows, whose "Three Rollers" is also on view in this gallery. Connaway's gestural technique, simplified forms, and spare palette portray powerful massings of clouds, waves, and rocks. His art of the period reflects the personal hardships that confronted many artists during the Depression; when asked in what medium he worked, the artist replied, "Sweat!" In his marine paintings of storms, Connaway strove to capture the "everchanging hues of the sky and the sea as it moves, rolls, thunders, bangs, foams and sprays against craggy rocks."
1953 (card says 1952)
1955
n.d.
