A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
Albert Bierstadt · 1866
Why it's great
A huge storm swirls over a mountain peak in Colorado, with a gleam of sunlight on a lake. Albert Bierstadt, a German-born American painter, traveled west in 1863 and painted the Rockies. He named the peak after the wife of a friend. It's a dramatic and thrilling mountain scene.
Where to see it
📍 Brooklyn MuseumNew York City, United States
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Albert Bierstadt was born in Germany and raised in Massachusetts. He traveled west with survey expeditions and painted vast landscapes of the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite. His work was admired by huge crowds in the East. He lived in New York and died there in 1902.
