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Thunderstorm in the Alps

Creator Name

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Cultural Context

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Date

1860s

About the Work

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum" Object Description
Landscape study showing a dramatic view of a double rainbow arching over a lush valley in the the European Alps, as a jagged bolt of lightning strikes the ground at left. The flat, green valley floor extends from the foreground to the middle distance at left and to the background at right, with the onion-shaped steeple of a church shown in the middle distance at right. At center right, a ferociously burning building sends a plume of dark smoke into the sky. One bright rainbow vibrantly arches into the sky at center, with another, more faded bow beside it at right. At left, a white, zig-zagging bolt of lightning strikes the valley floor near a grove of trees. In the ...

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Title

Thunderstorm in the Alps

Creator

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Artist

Worktype

landscapes; Drawing; Drawings

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Material

Oil and graphite on tan paperboard

Dimensions

29.4 × 44.5 cm (11 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

Technique

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Language

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Date

1860s;
Date: June–August 1868

Provenance

Credit Line: Gift of Louis P. Church

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Rights

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Location

Germany; Austria; Switzerland

Subjects

Landscapes

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Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900, Thunderstorm in the Alps, 1860s, "Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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