Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo served as a final, desperate call to save a species from near-certain annihilation. But he was not the… Read More
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 of the Buffalo.… Read More
Exhibition: Albert Bierstadt
Past Exhibition Albert Bierstadt: Witness to a Changing West June 9, 2018 – September 30, 2018 The Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Gilcrease Museum… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2011 The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo… Read More
Sculpture Guide: Last of the Buffalo
Last of the Buffalo By Michael Coleman 2006 Location: Front of the building, on hillside Michael Coleman’s lasting goal has always been to exist in harmony… Read More
Art scholar addresses Albert Bierstadt painting “Last of the Buffalo”
In 1832, artist George Catlin appealed to Americans to pay attention to the West, and its exceptional people and resources. He feared that the bison… Read More