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'''Albert Bierstadt''' (1830 – 1902) was a German-American, [[The Hudson River School]] [[painter]], best known for his [[landscape]]s of the American West. He painted large, romantic canvases of the Rocky Mountains, the Yosemite Valley, and the Native American tribes of the West.

'''Albert Bierstadt''' (1830 – 1902) was a [[German]]-[[American]], [[The Hudson River School]] [[painter]], best known for his [[landscape]]s of the [[American]] West. He painted large, romantic [[canvas]]es of the Rocky Mountains, the Yosemite Valley, and the Native American tribes of the West.

Bierstadt always loved mountains... The artist's rugged, romanticized landscapes of the West, painted on a grand scale with an abundance of detail and dramatic lighting... He exhibited at the [[Boston]] Athenaeum from 1859 to 1864, at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1861 to 1879, and at the Boston Art Club from 1873 to 1880. A member of the National Academy of Design from 1860 to 1902, he kept a studio in the 10th Street Studio Building, [[New York City]] from 1861 to 1879. He was a member of the Century Association from 1862 to 1902. [http://www.albertbierstadt.org/biography.html]

Bierstadt always loved mountains... The artist's rugged, romanticized landscapes of the West, painted on a grand scale with an abundance of detail and dramatic lighting... He exhibited at the [[Boston]] Athenaeum from 1859 to 1864, at the Brooklyn Art Association from 1861 to 1879, and at the Boston Art Club from 1873 to 1880. A member of the National Academy of Design from 1860 to 1902, he kept a studio in the 10th Street Studio Building, New York City from 1861 to 1879. He was a member of the Century Association from 1862 to 1902. [http://www.albertbierstadt.org/biography.html]

== Selected works ==

== Selected works ==

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File:Rocca de Secca by Albert Bierstadt 1858 PDWC.jpeg|Rocca de Secca, 1858.

File:Rocca de Secca by Albert Bierstadt 1858 PDWC.jpeg|Rocca de Secca, 1858.

File:Bierstadt Looking Down Yosemite-Valley 1865.jpg|Looking Down Yosemite-Valley, 1865.

File:Bierstadt Looking Down Yosemite-Valley 1865.jpg|Looking Down Yosemite-Valley, 1865.

File:Bierstadt Storm in the Mountains 1870 PDWC.jpg|Storm in the Mountains, 1870.

File:Bierstadt Storm in the Mountains 1870 PDWC.jpg|Storm in the Mountains, 1870.

</gallery>

</gallery>

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.albertbierstadt.org/ The complete works.]

*[http://www.albertbierstadt.org/ The complete works.]

*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bierstadt_albert.html Albert Bierstadt.]

*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bierstadt_albert.html Albert Bierstadt.]

*[http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500001248 Albert Bierstadt.]

*[http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500001248 Albert Bierstadt.]

[[Category:American Painters]]

[[Category:American Painters]]

[[Category:German Painters]]

[[Category:German Painters]]