Detail View: The AMICA Library: The Valley of the Tyne, My Native Country, from near Henshaw
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1997.138
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Martin, John
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Creator Nationality:
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European; British
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1789 - 1854
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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John Martin
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Title:
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The Valley of the Tyne, My Native Country, from near Henshaw
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1842
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Creation Start Date:
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1842
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Creation End Date:
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1842
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Materials and Techniques:
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watercolor and gouache with gum arabic, over graphite
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Dimensions:
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Sheet: 26.6cm x 67.5cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1997.138
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Inscriptions:
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signed, lower right, in watercolor: J. Martin. / 1842
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Rights:
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Context:
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In The Valley of the Tyne, John Martin strove to evoke the beauty and desolation of his native land. The sweeping strip of the yellow-green road with its running couple suggest the oncoming storm and the movement of the wind on the moors. The small cross and tiny sheep in the distance enhance the feeling of the vastness and force of nature. We also wonder at the story behind the running figures---something that is left to our imagination. Although frightening, the landscape is not pessimistic; the flowers and greenery give color and suggest the regenerative powers of nature.John Martin was one of the most imaginative painters of the 19th century. He specialized in intensely melodramatic scenes depicting cataclysmic events, often from the Bible of the poems of John Milton. Famous during his lifetime, his pictures influenced the American painters Thomas Cole and Washington Allston. Later, Hollywood director Cecil B. DeMille would reproduce Martin's visions in his biblical films.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1997.138.tif
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