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Hurricane in Miami
Hurricane in Miami
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Hurricane in Miami

Artist Franz Josef Bolinger (American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1927
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFrame: 51 x 59 x 3 1/2 in. (129.5 x 149.9 x 8.9 cm)
Sight: 41 1/4 x 49 1/4 in. (104.8 x 125.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers
Object number2020.18.73
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Visual DescriptionDramatic landscape scene painted in a bold palette of blue and violet hues inspired by a massive hurricane in September 1926. A house surrounded by palm trees swayed by winds and the suggestion of a full moon in a clouded night sky.
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