landscape

Landscape, c. 1890

Albert Bierstadtexpand_more

Oil on millboard mounted on canvasexpand_more

Gift of Florence Cornell K. Galeexpand_more  61.51

Not on Viewexpand_more

Albert Bierstadt was a key figure of the Hudson River school, a group of painters who depicted the American landscape with a sense of discovery and awe. His work fits into the 19th-century artistic movement known as Romanticism, which emphasized emotion. Many of Bierstadt’s luminous landscape paintings were inspired by his trips to rugged places like the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada, and Yosemite Valley. The sketches he made on site became the basis for grand, majestic paintings. Landscape displays Bierstadt’s capabilities as a naturalistic, detail-oriented painter.

Details
Title
Landscape
Artist Life
1830 - 1902
Role
Artist
Accession Number
61.51
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