Storm Over the Blue Ridge

Artist William Charles Anthony Frerichs American, born Belgium, 1829–1905, active in the United States 1850–1905

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 48 in. (76.2 x 121.9 cm)
Frame: 37 3/4 x 55 3/4 in. (95.9 x 141.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Finch

Object numberG.65.24.2

On View

Not on view

Provenance**Created United States; collection of the artist. [Sale, Masonic Hall, Bignon & Crump, Augusta, GA, November 30–December 1, 1871, no. 82] [1]; B. W. Heard, Washington, GA; Mrs. Linus M. Ellis Sr., Washington, GA, 1965; sold to Mr. and Mrs. George D. Finch, Thomasville, NC, 1965; given to NCMA, 1965.

[1] “125 Choice Oil Paintings,” as A Stormy Day on the Blue Ridge Mountains, VA.
Published ReferencesAmerican Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 23, illus. (b-w).

"La Chronique des Arts," Gazette des Beaux-Arts no. 1165 (February 1966), listed 103-104.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 7, nos. 2 and 3 (1967/68?), noted 4, illus. (b-w) 47, fig. 10.

Hildegard J. Safford, "William C. A. Frerichs, Artist, 1829-1905," Staten Island Historian 31 (October-December 1970), 29-33, noted 30.

Wilderness (exhibition catalogue) (Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1971), cat. no. 84, illus. (b-w).

William C.A. Frerichs: 1829-1905 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1974), unnumbered, illus. (b-w)

Joshua C. Taylor, America as Art (exhibition catalogue) (Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976), illus. (b-w) 114.

Duane Raver, "Nature and Art, the Inseparable Companions," Wildlife in North Carolina 42 (April 1978), 10-15, illus. (color) 14.

Regional American Painting to 1920 (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1990), cat. no. [ ].

William H. Gerdts, Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920, 3 Vols (New York: Abbeville Press, 1990), illus. (color) Vol. 2, p. 37 (fig. 2.28).
Exhibition HistoryWashington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Wilderness," October 1-November 14, 1971, no. 84, illus. (b-w).

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The North Carolina Gallery: An Introductory Exhibition," October 5-November 26, 1972.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "William C. A. Frerichs, 1829-1905," September 15-October 20, 1974, unnumbered, illus. (b-w).

Washington, DC, National Collection of Fine Arts, "America as Art," April 30-September 12, 1976, illus. (b-w) 114.

Greenville, SC, Greenville County Museum of Art, "American Regional Painting to 1920," November 6-December 30, 1990, no. [ ] .

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