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August 9, 2018

Cody Firearms Museum – Introduction

As the foremost institution in the nation for interpreting firearms, the Cody Firearms Museum is undergoing an exciting renovation in order to…

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Bierstadt Brothers. BIERSTADT AT HIS EASEL, 1859. Stereograph (detail). Collection of William L. Schaeffer.
July 5, 2018

Bierstadt in his Studio

In this image, Bierstadt sits in his studio working on a western scene as an audience of peers looks on. Behind him…

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Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902). "The Last of the Buffalo," ca. 1888. Oil on canvas. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Trust Fund Purchase. 2.60

Albert Bierstadt exhibition: generous donors

Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West would not have been possible without the generous support of many donors. For this funding…

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EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1889, black and white photographic print, 8 x 10 inches.
July 3, 2018

Bierstadt in Paris

When Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo was displayed in Paris in 1889, his urgent message about the looming extinction of…

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Bierstadt: In Service of Manifest Destiny?

Albert Bierstadt’s paintings may have contributed to the profound changes occurring in the American West in the late 1800s. Across Bierstadt’s thirty-year…

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Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830–1902). The Buffalo Trail, 1867. Oil on canvas, 31.875 x 48 inches. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Gift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865. 47.1268

Bierstadt: Buffalo Trails

We hope you enjoy the short, five-minute video (the next stop, iScout 172), which calls your attention to aspects of Albert Bierstadt’s…

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