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Bierstadt: The Last of the Buffalo
In 1888, the year Bierstadt joined the Boone and Crockett Club, he began work on two major paintings, both titled The Last…
Bierstadt: Bison as a Symbol of a Changing West
In the 1860s, many Americans preferred to imagine an empty West, ready for waves of new settlers. In Bierstadt’s early large-scale paintings,…
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,…
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….
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….
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…