Explore the Description of this artwork, A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie.
The painting depicts Native American hunter/gatherers hunting deer in the foreground. A Native American encampment resides by a stream in the distance. The mountains are thrown into either sunlight or the darkness of a thunderstorm. In order to increase its dramatic value, Bierstadt exaggerated the scale of the Rocky Mountains.Peering through a break in the clouds in the far distance is a snow-capped Mt. Rosalie, named after Bierstadt's wife.
Upon its completion, the painting toured the United States for a year. On 7 February 1866, A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie exhibited for one day and evening at the Somerville Art Gallery in New York City as a benefit for the "Nursery and Child's Hospital".
Rocky Mountains New York