Tornado Over Kansas
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Tornado Over Kansas is a dramatic 1929 Regionalist painting by John Steuart Curry depicting a farm family confronting an approaching tornado on the American Great Plains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tornado Over Kansas canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
dramatic composition
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
contrasting light on figures
ⓘ
dark storm tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | John Steuart Curry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorRole | painter ⓘ |
| depicts |
American Great Plains
NERFINISHED
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approaching storm ⓘ farm family ⓘ farmhouse ⓘ livestock ⓘ storm cellar ⓘ tornado ⓘ |
| depictsLocation | Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsRegion | Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | early 20th century rural America ⓘ |
| genre | Regionalism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
animals in motion
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background tornado funnel ⓘ farm buildings ⓘ foreground farm family group ⓘ stormy sky ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 1929 ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
farm family
ⓘ
tornado ⓘ |
| movement | American Regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | confrontation with natural disaster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic portrayal of a tornado
ⓘ
iconic image of Midwestern Regionalism ⓘ |
| partOf | American Regionalist art canon ⓘ |
| theme |
Midwestern identity
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family unity in crisis ⓘ human versus nature ⓘ rural American life ⓘ |
| title | Tornado Over Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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