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Albert Bierstadt Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California oil painting


Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California
Painting ID::  2522 		Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California
Introduction: 1865 64.02 x 96.26 in/162.6 x 244.5 cm Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, USA
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Albert Bierstadt The Mountain Brook oil painting


The Mountain Brook
Painting ID::  2523 		Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: The Mountain Brook
Introduction: 1863 44.02 x 35.98 ins / 111.8 x 91.4 cm Collection of Gil Michaels
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Albert Bierstadt The Wetterhorn oil painting


The Wetterhorn
Painting ID::  2524 		Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: The Wetterhorn
Introduction: 1857 48.11 x 37.99 in / 122.2 x 96.5 cm Collection of Dr Howard P. Diamond
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Albert Bierstadt Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite oil painting


Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite
Painting ID::  2525 		Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite
Introduction: c1871-73 36.14 x 26.38 ins / 91.8 x 67 cm North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Albert Bierstadt The Wolf River oil painting


The Wolf River
Painting ID::  2526 		Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: The Wolf River
Introduction: c1859 48.23 x 38.23 ins / 122.5 x 97.1 cm The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
   
   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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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. . Related Artists to Albert Bierstadt : | Andrea Solario | roger de la fresnaye | Giacomo Francesco Cipper | Jean Leon Gerome Ferris | Johann anton ramboux |

 

 

 
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