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Albert Bierstadt
New Hampshire
oil on canvas, 65.7 x 48.3 cm
Date c1862
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Albert Bierstadt
Approaching Thunderstorm on the Hudson River
oil on paper mounted on board, 48.9 x 34.29 cm
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Albert Bierstadt
An Indian Encampment
oil on canvas, 47.63 x 33.66 cm
Date 1861(1861)
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Albert Bierstadt
Prong-Horned Antelope
Oil on Canvas, 16 7/8 x 22 1/2 inches
Date ca 1865
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Albert Bierstadt
A View in the Bahamas
Oil on paper laid down on boa, 48.58 x 35.24 cm.
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Albert Bierstadt
Mariposa Indian Encampment, Yosemite Valley, California
1872
Medium Oil on paper laid down on canvas
Dimensions 40.64 x 141.94 cm (16 x 55.9 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Tropical Landscape
Oil on academy board
Dimensions 34.93 x 48.9 cm (13.8 x 19.3 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Sunset in Californa Yosemite
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Albert Bierstadt
Deer and River
1868(1868)
Medium oil on canvas
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Albert Bierstadt
Nevada Falls
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
Dimensions 34.93 x 52.71 cm (13.8 x 20.8 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
The Golden Gate
Date 1900(1900)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 96.52 x 152.4 cm (38 x 60 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
The_Morteratsch_Glacier_Upper_Engadine_Valley_Pontresina
Work location New Bedford, New York City, Irvington, New York, California
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Albert Bierstadt
Bierstadt Albert The Morteratsch Glacier
Description The_Morteratsch_Glacier_Upper_Engadine_Valley_Pontresina
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Albert Bierstadt
The Landing of Columbus
1893?, Oil on canvas, 182.9 x 307.3 cm. (72 x 121 in.)
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Albert Bierstadt
Island of New Providence
Date 1891
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Albert Bierstadt
Sailboats on the Hudson at Irvington
Date 1889(1889)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 38.1 x 53.34 cm (15 x 21 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Sunrise at Glacier Station
Date 1889-90
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 76.2 x 111.76 cm (30 x 44 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie
Date 1866(1866)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 210.8 x 361.3 cm (83 x 142.2 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Gates of the Yosemite
Date 1882(1882)
Medium Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions 35.6 x 50.8 cm (14 x 20 in)
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Albert Bierstadt
Old Faithful
Date 1881-1886
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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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