Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys …

Albert Bierstadt was one of the first painters to capture the grandeur of the American West. His family emigrated from Germany in 1832 and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Dec 11, 2025 · Albert Bierstadt (born Jan. 7, 1830, near Düsseldorf, Westphalia [Germany]—died Feb. 19, 1902, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an American artist who painted landscapes and …

By the end of the decade, Bierstadt completed a remarkable series of large scale paintings that secured his position as the premier painter of the American west. In 1867 Bierstadt was invited …

Albert Bierstadt, Lake Lucerne, 1858, oil on canvas, Gift of Richard M. Scaife and Margaret R. Battle, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.50.1

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was an American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined …

That’s where Albert Bierstadt came in. Although he wasn’t the first artist to capture uncharted territory on canvas, Bierstadt became one of the foremost painters of America's uninhabited...

Albert Bierstadt, the German American painter born in 1830, is celebrated for his grand and detailed landscapes of the American West.

Although taken to task by critics in his later years for being excessive and unrefined, Bierstadt is today widely considered one of America's greatest landscape artists; a man whose paintings …

The artist's rugged, romanticized landscapes of the West, painted on a grand scale with an abundance of detail and dramatic lighting, captured the imagination of 19th-century art …