A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie

Albert Bierstadt

1866 · Oil on canvas · Brooklyn Museum, New York

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About this work

Artist: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Year: 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 210.8 × 361.3 cm
Collection: Brooklyn Museum, New York
Movement: Hudson River School

Storm clouds boil around a mountain summit while sunlight breaks through onto a valley with a lake, a waterfall and a small Indigenous encampment; the canvas is over three and a half metres wide, built as a Great Picture to be shown on its own under theatrical lighting to paying crowds. Bierstadt made the on-site studies in 1863 on an expedition to the Colorado Rockies with the writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow and finished the painting in his New York studio in 1866. He named the peak Mount Rosalie after Ludlow's wife, whom he later married. The landmarks are rearranged and the scale exaggerated for effect. The mountain was renamed for Governor John Evans in 1895 and, after years of Indigenous activism over Evans's role in the Sand Creek Massacre, became Mount Blue Sky in 2023. The Brooklyn Museum acquired the painting in 1976.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Boiling storm clouds and a shaft of sun on a valley lake, built as a Great Picture for spectacle, for a living room, den or long hallway at 36×24 in black. A charcoal, deep green or warm grey wall; hang it alone.

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1866)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; oak lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; 18×12 and 24×16 and 36×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie in the public domain?

Yes. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Brooklyn Museum.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie painted, and in what medium?

A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie dates from 1866 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 210.8 × 361.3 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie (Albert Bierstadt) — A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie · Albert Bierstadt · 1866. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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