Albert Bierstadt

(1830–1902) tysk-amerikansk konstnär

Albert Bierstadt (USA, 1830–1902) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Albert Bierstadt belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen and died in New York City. Albert Bierstadt trained at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Albert Bierstadt studied under Karl Friedrich Lessing. Albert Bierstadt worked in California, Irvington, Düsseldorf, and Rome. Wikidata associates Albert Bierstadt with Hudson River school. Albert Bierstadt became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

One of the best-known works is ‘North Dome, Yosemite Valley’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Albert Bierstadt with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1900. Works by Albert Bierstadt are held by several collections, among them Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Wikidata links 8 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Edward Moran, Thomas Hill, Louis Dubois, Henri de Montaut, and Juliette Bonheur.

• Realism
• Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California
• The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
• The Last of the Buffalo
• A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
• Among the Sierra Nevada, California
• Indians in Council, California
• Mount Hood
• Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast