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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 [[canvas]]es 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 canvases of the Rocky Mountains, the Yosemite Valley, and the Native American tribes of the West.
Bierstadt always loved mountains. The artist's rugged, romanticized [[landscape]]s 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]
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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]
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== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
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]]