Storm in the Mountains

Creator Name

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900)

Cultural Context

America

Date

Creation: 1847

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

About the Work

Cleveland Museum of Art Object Description

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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Title

Storm in the Mountains

Creator

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900), artist

Worktype

Painting

Cultural Context

America

Material

oil on canvas

Dimensions

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.)

Technique

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Date

Creation: 1847

Provenance

Sold to E. G. Merrick, Clayton, NY (in family until 1967)-(Eldridge Gerry Merrick, E. G. Merrick II, Mrs. John P. Nevins (daughter), West Brattleboro, Vermont); Adams Davidson and Company, Washington, D. C. 1967; Hirschl and Adler, N. Y. Sold to CMA and the CMA's Prendergast The Road to the Village, New Hampshire, La Farge's Choir, and Durand's Scene among the Berkshire Hills, 10 May 1969.; Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Signed in center on tree: "F. CHURCH. 1847"

Location

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art

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