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On Storm Swept Heights
Courtesy National Museum of Wildlife Art

On Storm Swept Heights

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1938
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm) frame: 23 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (59.7 x 69.8 x 6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.096
ClassificationsPainting
Signed lower right, C. Rungius
Inscribed on stretcher , On Storm Swept Heights / C. Rungius
Categorywildlife
On View
On view
DescriptionOne bull moose stands surveying the landscape before him. The moose stands to the left facing the snow-covered mountains in the distance. The ground is covered with green, red, orange, and yellow foliage. Photo of painting taken in 1938. See W1992.047 for l/s sketchCuratorial Remarks
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-238.