Trees in a storm
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Where is “Trees in a storm” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
About the painting
Johann Bernard Klombeck (1815-1893) was born in Kleve, Germany, not far from the Dutch boarder near Nijmegen. The portrait and genre scenes painter Matthais Tinthoff (1794-1881) was his uncle and gave him his first training. In 1834, the great Dutch landscape painter Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862) founded an Academy in Kleve, of which Klombeck and his uncle were the first members. From 1843 to 1856, Klombeck often exhibited at the Salons in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Dresden and Berlin.
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This painting is a typical example of Klombeck's Romantic landscape, a genre in which he specialised under the influence of his master B.C. Koekkoek. The ominous tempest in the countryside at the end of the summer and the vastness of Nature compare with the fragility of human conditions are essential characteristics of Klombeck who was particularly interested by the pictorial rendering of the seasons.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1568-1869
What it shows
In the catalog
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- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
