Albert Bierstadt (January 8, 1830 - February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his large landscapes of the American West.
In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt was the foremost painter of these scenes for the remainder of the 19th century.
Bierstadt was part of the Hudson River School, not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism.
Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany. His family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1833. He studied painting with the members of the Düsseldorf School in Düsseldorf, Germany from 1853 to 1857. He taught drawing and painting briefly before devoting himself to painting.
Bierstadt began making paintings in New England and upstate New York. In 1859, he traveled westward in the company of a Land Surveyor for the U.S. government, returning with sketches that would result in numerous finished paintings. In 1863 he returned West again, in the company of the author Fitz Hugh Ludlow, whose wife he would later marry. He continued to visit the American West throughout his career. - wikipedia
A Rustic Mill Movement: Hudson River School Date: 1855 Artist: Albert Bierstadt
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A Storm in the Rocky Mountains Mount Rosalie 1866 Movement: Hudson River School Collection: The Brooklyn Museum, New York Dimensions: 210.8 x 361.3 cm (83 x 142 1/4 in) Date: 1866 Artist: Albert Bierstadt
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A View from Sacramento Movement: Hudson River School Date: 1875 Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Among the Bernese Alps Movement: Hudson River School Date: 1903 Artist: Albert Bierstadt
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Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California Movement: Hudson River School Collection: National Museum of American Art, Washington Dimensions: 183 x 305 cm (72 x 120 in) Date: 1868 Artist: Albert Bierstadt
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An Indian Encampment Movement: Hudson River School Date: 1861 Artist: Albert Bierstadt
