The Thundershower
ca. 1917-1918
- Medium
- tempera on wood
- Dimensions
- 91.4 × 116.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-134251
Saÿen studied with Matisse in Paris and was among the first to bring modern art into Philadelphia's conservative culture. He created The Thundershower from a mix of European modernism and Native American decorative patterns. But this painting is not just "cross-cultural." It also marks a transition from an older world to a new and dynamic century. The two figures move through time and space like …
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of H. Lyman Sayen to his nation
Registry history
- ca. 1917-1918 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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