Gallery Drop-In Talks: “Storm Cloud”

Name: Gallery Drop-In Talks: “Storm Cloud” | The Huntington
Start: Sun, Jan 5 2025
Location: The Huntington

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Join Huntington docent educators for short, informal discussions about key objects on view in the new exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis.”

Huntington docent educators will discuss the impact of industrialization and a globalized economy on everyday life during the 19th century, analyzing important objects on view: John Constable’s View on the Stour Near Dedham, Thomas Cole’s Portage Falls on the Genessee, and John James Audubon’s The Birds of America.

Meet in the Boone Gallery lobby; talks begin at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

A painting of a river with large trees and a bridge, people work near boats in the foreground.

A painting of buildings high up on a distant mountain cliff.

Illustration of four green parrots in a tree.

John Constable (British, 1776–1837), View on the Stour near Dedham, 1822, oil on canvas, 51 x 74 in.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848), Portage Falls on the Genesee, ca. 1839, oil on canvas, 84 1/4 x 61 1/4 in. Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Audubon, John James, 1785–1851, author, The Birds of America, Lizars, W. H., (William Home), 1788–1859, engraver; Havell, Robert, 1793–1878, engraver.

Gallery Drop-In Talks: “Storm Cloud”

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