American
artist Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) specialized in landscape
paintings, particularly of the American West. Albert Bierstadt
was born in Solingen, Germany and brought to New Bedford,
Massachusetts when he was two years old. In 1854 he returned
to Dusseldorf, Germany to study painting. While in Europe
he made many field trips along the Rhine, in the Alps
and in Italy painting with fellow Americans Whittredge
and Gifford.
He returned to the United States in 1857 and painted the
landscape. In 1859 he was invited to join General Lander's
expedition to survey a wagon route to the Pacific. This
was the first of three trips west by Bierstadt. While
on these trips he would make oil sketches on paper and
then return to his studio where they often became huge
panoramic paintings. These works, especially of the Rocky
Mountains, brought him immediate and overwhelming popularity
that he soon became America's most popular painter.
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