Albert Bierstadt
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Artists, Artisans, Painting, Painters, Drawing, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Using an exaggerated, romantic style, Bierstadt painted giant landscapes of spectacular Western vistas that helped to shape the myth of the American West, establish the Rocky Mountain School of art, and interest Easterners in preservation of Western scenic areas as national parks.
Early Life
Albert Bierstadt was born in 1830 at Solingen, Germany, near the city of Düsseldorf, which was a mecca for émigré American artists. He migrated to the United States with his parents at the age of two and was reared amid the maritime atmosphere in...
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