America / 1847
Storm in the Mountains
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Storm in the Mountains as painting (America · 1847).
Church's spectacular home and studio, named Olana, is preserved as a New York State Historical Site.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on canvas and credits Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900).
The museum's collection notes: Dominating this composition is a lightning-blasted tree embodying nature's awe-inspiring power and endless cycle of life and death. A popular motif because of these associations, the blasted tree was favored by many landscape painters like Church, who prominently featured it here.
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