Jonah
c. 1885–1895 · Oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917)
- Year
- c. 1885–1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
- Original size
- 69.2 × 87.3 cm
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
- Movement
- Tonalism
Jonah struggles in a churning golden-brown sea beside his broken boat, the great fish rising at the right, while God appears in a burst of light at the top holding a globe. Ryder worked on this canvas for years, building up and scraping back the paint, and the swirling surface has darkened and cracked with age. It is one of the most direct examples of his visionary way of painting the sea. The painting was given to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by John Gellatly in 1929.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A swirling gold-and-umber visionary sea for a study, library or reading room in a dark wood frame. It suits deep brown, charcoal or ochre walls at 12×18 and pairs with Ryder's The Flying Dutchman.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Tonalism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1885–1895)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
