L'Orage (The Thunderstorm) is a circa 1830 Romantic landscape painting by the French painter Georges Michel, depicting a thunderstorm gathering over Montmartre (then a village on the outskirts of Paris). It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 937.[2][3][4]
| L'Orage | |
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| The Thunderstorm | |
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| Artist | Georges Michel |
| Year | c. 1830 |
| Medium | oil paintings on canvas |
| Movement | Romanticism |
| Subject | Landscape painting Thunderstorm |
| Dimensions | 48 cm × 63 cm (19 in × 25 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
L'Orage is considered as George Michel's masterpiece for its daring composition and its bold brushwork. It has been described as beyond anticipating Impressionism and Barbizon Realism, and as announcing the landscape paintings of Expressionists such as Constant Permeke, and Emil Nolde.[1][5]
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- ^ a b Breton, Jean-Jacques; Williate, Dominique (March 2011). Trésors insolites des musées de France. Flammarion. p. 18. ISBN 9782081242692.
- ^ "L'Orage". Fondation Custodia. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Jacquot, Dominique (2006). Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture. Strasbourg: Musées de Strasbourg. p. 242. ISBN 2-901833-78-0.
- ^ "Orage. Paysage des environs de Montmartre". akg-images.fr. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "L'Orage". Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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