Storm in the Mountains

Cleveland Museum of Art

Storm in the Mountains

Frederic Edwin ChurchLinkedCulture matchlcp-542e08b20ef1

Date
1847
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
America
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
144732

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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. Church's spectacular home and studio, named Olana, is preserved as a New York State Historical Site.

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Credit line
Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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, VT); Adams Davidson and Company, Washington, DC, 1967; Hirschl and Adler, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

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  • Representative object from the topic American Landscape and Coastal Paintings
    American Landscape and Coastal Paintings

    These works are 19th-century oil paintings depicting natural landscapes and seascapes from the northeastern United States, particularly coastal New England regions and rocky shores.

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