Study for "Lightning that Struck Rufo Barcliff"
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Title
Study for "Lightning that Struck Rufo Barcliff"
Subject
Man being struck by lightning.
Description
The subject of this drawing is two men standing by a tree in a forest, axes in hand, with a bolt of lightning striking the head of the man on the viewer's left. Rufo Barcliff was struck by lightning and killed while felling trees sometime between 1914 and 1920, when Cloar was still a boy. His depiction is based on what he remembers hearing about the story.
Creator
Carroll Cloar
Source
Patricia Cloar Milsted
Publisher
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Date
1955
Contributor
Rachel Wilson
Format
Pencil on Brown Vellum, 29 x 23"
Language
English
Type
American
Identifier
2012.007.002
Files
Citation
Carroll Cloar, “Study for "Lightning that Struck Rufo Barcliff",” AMUM Virtual Exhibitions, accessed April 28, 2024, https://amum.omeka.net/items/show/42.