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Storm in the Mountains

1847
(American, 1826–1900)
America
oil on canvas
Framed: 98.7 x 86.4 x 9.2 cm (38 7/8 x 34 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed: 75.5 x 62.8 cm (29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.); Former: 94.5 x 81.5 x 9 cm (37 3/16 x 32 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.52
Location: 206 American Landscape
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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.
Storm in the Mountains

Storm in the Mountains

1847

Frederic Edwin Church

(American, 1826–1900)
America

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