Cascading Falls

This painting is based on sketches that Bierstadt completed in 1859 while serving on a U.S. government survey expedition led by Frederic W. Lander. Upon his return to New York, Bierstadt painted the work, which presents a composite scene rather than an accurate topographical rendering. Notably absent from the landscape are the Eastern Shoshone people, who have lived in and around the depicted Wind River Mountain Range for thousands of years. Though the artist met and sketched Shoshone Tribe…

Art History Gallery on Instagram: “Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902): A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie (detail), 1866, Oil on canvas, 98 5/8 x 158 1/8 (250.5 x 401.6…”

ALBERT BIERSTADT - Sunset Over the Plains; or Deer in a Sunset Landscape, 1887

Woodland Pool

Albert Bierstadt,The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863, romantic realist

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Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast (1870) by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)

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