Frederic Edwin Church / Storm in the Mountains / 1847

Frederic Edwin Church
Storm in the Mountains
1847
View Larger Image

View Full Catalog Record Below

This image is one of over 108,000 from the AMICA Library (formerly The Art Museum Image Consortium Library- The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from over 20 museums around the world. www.davidrumsey.com/amica offers subscriptions to this collection, the finest art image database available on the internet. EVERY image has full curatorial text and can be studied in depth by zooming into the smallest details from within the Image Workspace.

Preview the AMICA Library™ Public Collection in Luna Browser Now

Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works.
Types of works include paintings, drawings, watercolors, sculptures, costumes, jewelry, furniture, prints, photographs, textiles, decorative art, books and manuscripts.

Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com .

Creator Name: Church, Frederic Edwin
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1826 - 1900
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Frederic Edwin Church
Title: Storm in the Mountains
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1847
Creation End Date: 1847
Creation Date: 1847
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 75.5cm x 62.8cm
Inscriptions: Signed in center on tree: "F. CHURCH. 1847"
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1969.52
Credit Line: Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Sold to E. G. Merrick, Clayton, New York (in family until 1967); (Hirschl & Adler, New York)
Context: The blasted tree was a romantic motif in both European and American painting that represented nature's overwhelming power. The painting suggests that all life, like the tree, is fragile, easily destroyed by natural forces. In this early work, Church paid tribute to his teacher Thomas Cole, who painted very similar blasted tree trunks.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1969.52
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder.