A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie (Q17026086)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Hudson River school (Q943853)
genre:
landscape art (Q191163)
artist:
Albert Bierstadt (Q77132)
collection:
Brooklyn Museum (Q632682)
location:
Brooklyn Museum (Q632682)
country of origin:
United States of America (Q30)
depicts:
Rocky Mountains (Q5463)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
Google Arts & Culture asset ID:
rQFn_yMzurNDsQ
Brooklyn Museum artwork ID:
1558
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture control number:
IAP 87440029
catalog URL: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1558/
information from the Brooklyn Museum catalog
description:
Albert Bierstadt was a skilled showman. Here, he reorganized Rocky Mountain landmarks, exaggerated their scale, and introduced dramatic weather to thrill audiences at a moment when the North American continent was under rapid development. Bierstadt’s display for profit of theatrically lit large canvases like this one was a forerunner of today’s movies.
In 1863 Bierstadt made on-site studies for the work, which he completed in his New York studio. The painting had a personal significance, for “Mt. Rosalie” (now Mount Evans) was named by the artist in honor of his traveling companion’s wife, Rosalie Osborne Ludlow, whom Bierstadt would marry in 1866 following her divorce.
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