The Fourth Angel Scorches the Earth

Date

circa 1965

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Oil on canvasboard

Dimensions

Canvas: 23 1/8 x 29 1/4 in.

Style

Outsider Art

Object Type

Paintings

Credit Line

Gift of Milton Bloch

Accession Number

1991.01.5.21

Description

"Landscape, water in middle ground, mountain in background, large sun in upper right, crowded beach with nude figures in foreground, planes falling from sky.
Revelation 16:8-9 (KJV) And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory."

Label History

Apocalyptic chaos rains down upon a beach of libertine vacationers in Long’s depiction of Revelation 16: 8-9, which reads: “And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.” Despite extensive formal art training in New York City and Europe, Long’s mature style shifted to a surreal vernacular that suited his vocation as an evangelical minister. This work is from a larger series depicting scenes from the book of Revelation painted in the artist’s later years

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Hilary Schroeder

Keywords

religious art , religious concepts

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