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BIERSTADT, Albert: Storm on the Matterhorn

🖼 Storm on the Matterhorn, 1886
Nebraska, USA

Roiling clouds engulf the jagged peak as lightning illuminates the alpine landscape in dramatic chiaroscuro, rendered with Bierstadt's signature luminous technique. This painting epitomizes the 19th-century Romantic obsession with nature's sublime power and America's majestic wilderness, establishing the mountain as spiritual and emotional touchstone.

Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt
Peter H. Hassrick
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