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Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter, photographer, architectural draftsperson, and scenographer associated with the Hudson River school. Born in Solingen in 1830, he held citizenship in the Kingdom of Prussia and the United States. He studied under Karl Friedrich Lessing at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and worked in California, Irvington, Düsseldorf, and Rome. Bierstadt participated in the American Civil War and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
He is best known for his landscape paintings, particularly lavish, sweeping depictions of the American West. His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Bierstadt died in New York City in 1902.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1830-01-07 ) January 7, 1830, Solingen , Rhine Province , Prussia
- Died
- February 18, 1902 (1902-02-18) (aged 72), New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Düsseldorf School
- Known for
- Painting
- Notable work
- List of works
- Movement
- Hudson River School
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Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West.
artsandculture.google.com →Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century. Bierstadt was born in Prussia, but his family moved to the United States when he was one year old. He returned to study painting for several years in Düsseldorf. He became part of the second generation of the Hudson River School in New York, an informal group of like-minded painters who started painting along the Hudson River. Their style was based on carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism. Bierstadt was an important interpreter of the western landscape, and he is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Solingen
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- scenographer
- Educated at
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Karl Friedrich Lessing
- Genre
- landscape painting
- Movement
- Hudson River school
- Conflict
- American Civil War
- Image
- Bierstadt.jpg
- Work location
- Wyoming
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- Commons category
- Albert Bierstadt
- date of birth
- 1830-01-07
- date of death
- 1902-02-18
- Commons Creator page
- Albert Bierstadt
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Albert Bierstadt
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- described at URL
- artsandculture.google.com/entity/%2Fm%2F01q8l6
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Encyclopedic overview
Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the westward expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the 19th century.
Bierstadt was born in Prussia, but his family moved to the United States when he was one year old. He returned to study painting for several years in Düsseldorf. He became part of the second generation of the Hudson River School in New York, an informal group of like-minded painters who started painting along the Hudson River. Their style was based on carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism. Bierstadt was an important interpreter of the western landscape, and he is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School.
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