In the 1860s, many Americans preferred to imagine an empty West, ready for waves of new settlers. In Bierstadt’s early large-scale paintings, he often portrayed the American West as a […]
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Bierstadt: Early Western Expeditions
Bierstadt traveled west in 1859 and 1863. These early expeditions offered the artist his first encounters with the region’s Native peoples, wildlife, and scenery. Bierstadt’s initial trip was in the […]
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Albert Bierstadt’s paintings brought him great fame and fortune early in his career. He was a skilled artist and an ambitious businessman. In his later years, however, his style of […]
Bierstadt and the Landscape
Albert Bierstadt first rose to artistic fame with his immense paintings of the soaring mountains and broad valleys of the American West. In the 1860s, Bierstadt began a series of […]
Albert Bierstadt—Witness to a Changing West: Introduction
Note: This online presentation does not reflect the exhibition in its entirely. While Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) is recognized for his dramatic paintings of the western American landscape, he also depicted […]
A member story… Meet Arnold Brown of Poulsbo, Washington
Why I Support the Center of the West… Arnold A. Brown of Poulsbo, Washington For the past hundred years, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association has benefited from the support of […]
