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Albert Bierstadt Lake in the Yosemite Valley oil painting


Lake in the Yosemite Valley
Painting ID::  2472
Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Lake in the Yosemite Valley
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Albert Bierstadt Estes Park oil painting


Estes Park
Painting ID::  2473
Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Estes Park
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Albert Bierstadt Grandeur of the Rockies oil painting


Grandeur of the Rockies
Painting ID::  2474
Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Grandeur of the Rockies
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Albert Bierstadt Sierra Nevadas oil painting


Sierra Nevadas
Painting ID::  2475
Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Sierra Nevadas
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Albert Bierstadt Mount Adams, Washington oil painting


Mount Adams, Washington
Painting ID::  2476
Artist: Albert Bierstadt
Painting: Mount Adams, Washington
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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 : | Joos van craesbeck | Alfred Rethel | Edward Wilbur Dean Hamilton | Julius LeBlanc Stewart | constant troyon |

 

 

 

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