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Storm in the Mountains
Created 1847
Curatorial Overview
“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.”
Object Details
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions75.5 × 62.8 cm
Archive / MuseumThe Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit LineGift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)
American Painting and Sculpture • America • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
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