Storm in the Mountains

Albert Bierstadt painted this painting called Storm in the Mountains. Albert Bierstadt was born on September 7, 1830 in Solingen, Germany. Bierstadt was heavily involved with the Romanticism art movement and it showed through his numerous amounts of paintings. Bierstadt was known for joining many Westward expansion trips. Bierstadt was also a member of the Hudson River School which was a group of painters that had similar views and ways of painting.Bierstadt went to school for painting at the Dusseldorf school and was strongly influenced by William Bliss Baker.

In this painting, the clouds give that soft feel around the mountains which seem to have rough texture. The grass at the bottom is on a horizontal line and the mountains are a vertical line. There are lots of greens present that make the picture have a cool feeling as opposed to a warm feeling. The shapes present in the picture are all organic, the mountains, the trees and the clouds.

In the painting we see that the clouds are asymmetrical where the clouds are denser on the right then to the left. We also see that the clouds are framing the mountain in the back where we see it is brighter. Also there is a pattern and repetition of the trees on the bottom by the valley. The rhythm of this picture takes me from the clouds to the mountain. The picture does create unity. I believe this painting is good because it is very different. I find it interesting how the clouds basically wrap around the mountains and it is so different from anything i have ever seen.