Lot 12: The Approaching Storm

Andrew Geddes (1783-1844) The Approaching Storm signed with monogram 'AG' (lower right) oil on canvas 12 x 18½ in. (30.5 x 47 cm.)

Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland,
Andrew Geddes 1783-1844, Painter-printmaker, 'A Man of Pure Taste'
, 15 February - 29 April 2001, no.1.

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The present work was probably painted around 1810. Geddes was particularly interested in capturing the transitory effects of nature in his landscape paintings. David and Francina Irwin have noted that the present work shows the stylistic influence of such old masters as Rembrandt and Rubens; indeed, Geddes owned an etching by Rembrandt of The Three Trees, and the Irwins comment that The Approaching Storm 'recalls Rembrandt's effect of a passing shower in this etching' (op. cit.).