Roman Fish Market. Arch of Octavius, Albert Bierstadt Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the de Young Museum. Though known primarily for his dramatic landscapes of the American west, 19th century painter Albert Bierstadt Read More …
By the time Albert Bierstadt began painting his dramatic landscapes in the middle of the 19th Century, the mountains of New York’s Hudson valley, once the epitome of the American wilderness, had been widely portrayed by two generations of painters, from Thomas Cole and Asher Read More …
Mountain Brook, Albert Bierstadt Oil on canvas, roughly 44 x 36 in (12 x 92 cm), in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, whose site includes both a zoomable and downloadable version of the high-res image. German-American painter Albert Bierstadt, who is associated Read More …
In what has become a fledgling tradition — started in 2010 at the suggestion of Modern Art Notes writer Tyler Green — major museums from the two regions of the U.S. competing in this years Superbowl have engaged in an art loan wager. Each museum Read More …
Giant Redwood Trees of California, Albert Bierstadt. On Google Art Project; click in lower right of image for zoom controls. Original is in the Berkshire Museum (no image). Bierstadt dazzled east coast society with his large scale paintings of a largely untamed continent. Few natural Read More …
Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Albert Bierstadt. When looking at Bierstadt’s large canvasses, I always see multiple smaller compositions within the whole. I’m also constantly delighted at how painterly Bierstadt’s works can be when viewed close up. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use Fullscreen link, Read More …