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Albert Bierstadt
Bavarian_Landscape
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Albert Bierstadt
Bay of Monterey, California
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Albert Bierstadt
Beach at Nassau
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 28.58 x 46.99 cm (11.3 x 18.5 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Buffalo Country
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Albert Bierstadt
California Sunset
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Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt Call Of The Wild
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Albert Bierstadt
The Campfire
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Albert Bierstadt
Canadian_Rockies_Asulkan_Glacier
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Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt Conway Meadows New Hampshire
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Albert Bierstadt
Wooded Hillside
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Albert Bierstadt
Wharf Scene with Ship at Dock
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Albert Bierstadt
Western_Trail_the_Rockies
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Albert Bierstadt
View of the Grindelwald
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Albert Bierstadt
Tropical Landscape with Fishing Boats in Bay
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Albert Bierstadt
Sunset over the River
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Albert Bierstadt
Sunset over a Mountain Lake
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Medium oil on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions 49.5 X 35.6 cm (19.5 X 14 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Sunset on the Mountain
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Albert Bierstadt
Sunrise over Forest and Grove
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Albert Bierstadt
Sierra_Nevada_Mountains
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Albert Bierstadt
Salmon Fishing on the Cascapediac River
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| Albert Bierstadt
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German-born American Hudson River School Painter, 1830-1902
Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany. His family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1833. He studied painting with the members of the D??sseldorf School in D??sseldorf, 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.
Though his paintings sold for princely sums, Bierstadt was not held in particularly high esteem by critics of his day. His use of uncommonly large canvases was thought to be an egotistical indulgence, as his paintings would invariably dwarf those of his contemporaries when they were displayed together. The romanticism evident in his choices of subject and in his use of light was felt to be excessive by contemporary critics. His paintings emphasized atmospheric elements like fog, clouds and mist to accentuate and complement the feel of his work. Bierstadt sometimes changed details of the landscape to inspire awe. The colors he used are also not always true. He painted what he believed is the way things should be: water is ultramarine, vegetation is lush and green, etc. The shift from foreground to background was very dramatic and there was almost no middle distance
Nonetheless, his paintings remain popular. He was a prolific artist, having completed over 500 (possibly as many as 4000) paintings during his lifetime, most of which have survived. Many are scattered through museums around the United States. Prints are available commercially for many. Original paintings themselves do occasionally come up for sale, at ever increasing prices.
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