Aug, 13, 2020
Art
Stormy Weather
Each summer, the Sonoran Desert braces for a wave of seasonal monsoons that bring howling winds, flash floods, the occasional hail storm, and—most importantly—much-needed rain. The storms remind us of the power of nature to both destroy and give life. Thunder shakes our homes, lightning splits the sky, water pours down in sheets, and after? The heat breaks, and the desert explodes with life—flush with verdant greens and the crimsons, golds, and purples of summer blooms.
Explore these artworks from across our collections that showcase the beauty and drama of storms in various landscapes, including the Sonoran Desert, and as you scroll, tune into a PhxArt playlist inspired by the fury, electricity, rhythms, and cleansing power of summer monsoons.
Collection Highlights
Bolts of a Storm (1993) by Ed Mell
Evening Shower (1862) by Sanford Robinson Gifford
Approaching Storm (1940) by Grant Wood
Woman Driving Geese (1878-1879) by Winslow Homer
Anatomy Lesson (1999) by Chuck Forsman
Farewell (1961) by Philip C. Curtis
![Kogyo Tsukioka, Scene from Ukai (The Cormorant Fisher), from the series One Hundred Noh Plays (Imagen de Ukai [The Cormorant Fisher], de la serie Cien dramas noh), 1922-1925. Woodblock print on paper. Gift of Sherri Beadles and Gene Koeneman in honor of the Museum's 50th Anniversary.](https://phxart.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Kogyo-Tsukioka-Scene-from-Ukai-2.jpg)
Kogyo Tsukioka, Scene from Ukai (The Cormorant Fisher), from the series One Hundred Noh Plays (Imagen de Ukai [The Cormorant Fisher], de la serie Cien dramas noh), 1922-1925. Woodblock print on paper. Gift of Sherri Beadles and Gene Koeneman in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary.
Scene from Ukai (The Cormorant Fisher), from the series One Hundred Noh Plays (1922-1925) by Kogyo Tsukioka
The Poetess Shushiki, from the series Stories of People Famous for Loyalty and Filial Devotion (c. 1845) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Sweeping Clouds (1989) by Ed Mell
Leopoldo Méndez, Leon de la Barra, El Presidente Blanco (Leon de la Barra, The White President), 1946. Lithograph on card stock. Gift of Gail Rosenberg Zucker. © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Leon de la Barra, “El Presidente Blanco” (1946) by Leopoldo Méndez
Windmill (not dated) by Johan Barthold Jongkind
El umbral (1974) by Francisco Zúñiga
