A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt, 1866 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) an esteemed author and astronomer

an esteemed author and astronomer (1867-1954)

and notations identify local Indigenous tribes whose homelands

Digne - Known as Dinia in Roman times

Lower Mountain

and natural features that define the Alpine region

A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt, 1866 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) an esteemed author and astronomerAlbert Bierstadts A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie (1866) is a tour de force of Romantic landscape painting, created by one of the foremost interpreters of the American West. A leading figure in the Hudson River Schools western branch, Bierstadt transformed field studies he made in the Rockies in 1863 into this sweeping, theatrical vision of natures sublime power. The titles Mt. Rosalie adds a personal note, nodding to Rosalie Osborne