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Albert Bierstadt
(1830-1902)
Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany and brought to New
Bedford, Massachusetts when he was two years old. In 1854 he returned
to Dusseldorf, Germany to study painting. While in Europe he made many
field trips along the Rhine, in the Alps and in Italy painting with
fellow Americans Whittredge and Gifford. He returned to the United
States in 1857 and painted the landscape. In 1859 he was invited to
join General Lander's expedition to survey a wagon route to the
Pacific. This was the first of three trips west by Bierstadt. While on
these trips he would make oil sketches on paper and then return to his
studio where they often became huge panoramic paintings. These works,
especially of the Rocky Mountains, brought him immediate and
overwhelming popularity that he soon became America's most popular
painter. By 1882 his fortunes began their decline and he soon lost
favor with the public. In recent years there has been a new
appreciation of Albert Bierstadt, especially for the smaller oil
studies that witness the accuracy of his perception.
