A MASTERPIECE, IN THE HISTORY OF PAINTING

(17) Albert Bierstadt

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Farallon Island – Albert Bierstadt (1887, Oil on Canvas,Carnegie Museum of Art)

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902), is an American painter of German origin (born in Solingen in East Prussia, his family emigrates to New Bedford in 1833), known for his landscapes of the American West. Bierstadt was part of the Hudson River School, an informal group of nineteenth-century painters practicing a romantic painting, bathed in a radiant light …. During his long career, Bierstadt produced more than 500 canvases.

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Photo of Albert Bierstadt, Author: Napoleon Sarony  (1821–1896)  source: commons.wikimedia.org

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The Last of the Buffalo – Albert Bierstadt

(1888 , Oil on Canvas,Whitney Gallery of Western Art Collection)

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Yellowstone Falls – Albert Bierstadt

(1881, Oil on Canvas, Buffalo Bill Center of the West)

Photo author: Adam Asar. source: flickr.com

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California – Albert Bierstadt

(1865, Oil on Canvas, Birmingham Museum of Art)