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Painting of a small stream in the middle of the woods. In the center of the painting, there is a small waterfall over a large boulder. Radiant beams of sunlight penetrate the thick forest of birch and other trees, and a small bird sings from a broken branch over the waterfall.

Mountain Brook

Albert Bierstadt · 1863

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Palette

Bistre
 44% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.5:1
Soot
 25% of the image
Black · text contrast 16.4:1
Dark olive
 20% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.7:1
Olive brown
 7% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.2:1
Raw umber
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.5:1
Tan
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.7:1

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Details

Artist
Albert Bierstadt
Date
1863
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
111.8 × 91.4 cm (44 × 36 in.)
Place
United States
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes · Mountains
Main colour
Black · lightness 21, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Herbert A. Vance; fund of an anonymous donor; Wesley M. Dixon Jr. Fund and Endowment; Henry Horner Straus and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of various donors, including Samuel P. Avery Endowment, Mrs. George A. Carpenter, Frederick S. Colburn, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Feinberg, Field Museum of Natural History, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harding, International Minerals and Chemicals Corp., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Loeff, Mrs. Frank C. Miller, Mahlan D. Moulds, Mrs. Clive Runnells, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stone, and the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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