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Albert Bierstadt [German-born American Hudson River School Landscape Painter, 1830-1902]
Biography
Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his large, detailed landscapes of the American West. Born in Solingen, Germany. His family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1833. He studied painting with the members of the Düsseldorf School in Düsseldorf, 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 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.
Storm in the Rocky Mountains (Mount Rosa), 1886. 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, a charge that continues to be leveled by many of today's art historians. His paintings emphasized atmospheric elements like fog, clouds and mist to accentuate and complement the feel of his work. (continued on the bottom)
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Bierstadt was part of the Hudson River School, not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism. Visit Hudson River School artist Thomas Cole.
Nonetheless, his paintings remain popular. He was a prolific artist, having completed over 400 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.
Albert Bierstadt in Museums and Web Sites (Click on link to view image)
Art Institute of Chicago Collection Database
Mountain Brook
Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio
The Oregon Trail, 1869
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
10 paintings online
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
Ruins of Paestum, 1858
The Merced River in Yosemite, 1868
Landscape
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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Albert Bierstadt at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Lake Lucerne, 1858
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite, ca.1871-73
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail
Albert Bierstadt in the Art Renewal Center
Albert Bierstadt in the Artchive
Artcyclopedia
Masterscan feature: The Shore of the Turquoise Sea
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
California State University WorldImages Database
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)