The Encyclopedia of Albert Bierstadt Paintings

Discover all the famous masterpieces painted by Albert Bierstadt
Oil Painting Reproduction Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California by Albert Bierstadt
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
In the Mountains by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Rivers
A Quiet Lake by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Lakes and Ponds
Oil Painting Reproduction Emerald Sea by Albert Bierstadt
Subject: Seascapes
Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: American Landscapes
Mountain Scene by Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
In the Sierras by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Bays, Inlets and Coves
Sierra Nevada by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Waterfalls and Cascades
On the Saco by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Rivers
Rocky Mountains II by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
Florida Scene by Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Beaches and Ocean
Bahamian View by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Palm Trees/Tropical
A Rustic Mill by Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Mills
Autumn in America, Oneida County, New York by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Autumn and Fall Foliage
Valley of the Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
Sunrise by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Sunrises and Sunsets
Long's Peak, Estes Park, Colorado by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Waterfalls and Cascades
Approaching Storm by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Bays, Inlets and Coves
A View in the Bahamas by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Palm Trees/Tropical
Oil Painting Reproduction The Wave by Albert Bierstadt
Subject: Seascapes
Oil Painting Reproduction Sunset over the River by Albert Bierstadt
Subject: Sunrises and Sunsets
Long's Peak, Estes Park, Colorado by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
Oil Painting Reproduction Looking Up the Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt
Subject: Mountains, Cliffs, and Boulders
Oil Painting Reproduction Bahama Cove by Albert Bierstadt
Subject: Beaches and Ocean
Cascading Falls at Sunset by Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting Reproduction
Subject: Waterfalls and Cascades
Albert Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt

1830-1902

Albert Bierstadt was a German American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West.

Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Rhine Province, Prussia (now Germany) in 1830. He was just one year old when his family immigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1831.

Bierstadt began painting in oils in 1851 and later studied painting for several years in Düsseldorf, Germany. After returning to the United States in 1857, he briefly taught drawing and painting before devoting himself full-time to landscape painting.

Bierstadt was a prolific artist, having completed over 500 paintings during his lifetime. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes of the American West, becoming the foremost painter of these landscapes for the remainder of the 19th century.

Bierstadt's style was based on carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called "luminism". His work has been both praised for helping create support for the conservation movement and the establishment of Yellowstone National Park, as well as criticized as an imaginary depiction of nature.

Despite his success during his lifetime, Bierstadt was largely forgotten for nearly 60 years after his death in 1902. Interest in his work was renewed in the 1960s with the exhibition of his small oil studies.

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