Nancy McClure
Bierstadt: Forerunners to Bierstadt
Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo served as a final, desperate call to save a species from near-certain annihilation. But he…
Bierstadt: Decimation of the Herds
Bierstadt used art as a platform to denounce the decimation of America’s most iconic and largest mammal. Some of his paintings present…
Bierstadt: Stereoscopic Images
In the fall of 1859, an art journal, The Crayon, reported: “Bierstadt has returned lately from the Rocky Mountains…and has brought with…
Bierstadt: Lander’s Peak and the Critics
Bierstadt’s early western paintings placed equal emphasis on the extraordinary landscapes and the Native peoples of the West. The artist’s sketches from…
Bierstadt and Public Lands
Bierstadt was an important champion of the Yellowstone region. He also brought attention to the areas that would become Yosemite and Rocky…
Roosevelt’s Presidential Tour of Yellowstone National Park – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2006 Roosevelt’s Presidential Tour of Yellowstone National Park By Jeremy Johnston All images are courtesy of…