Albert Bierstadt Painting Reproductions 10 of 11
1830-1902
German (Active in America) Hudson River School Painter
Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 - February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his large, detailed landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierstadt was the foremost painter of these scenes for the remainder of the 19th century.
Bierstadt was part of the Hudson River School, not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism.
Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany. His family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1833. He studied painting with the members of the Düsseldorf School in Düsseldorf, Germany from 1853 to 1857. He taught drawing and painting briefly before devoting himself to painting.
Bierstadt began making paintings in New England and upstate New York. In 1859, he traveled westward in the company of a land surveyor the U.S. government, returning with sketches that would result in numerous finished paintings. In 1863 he returned West again, in the company of the author Fitz Hugh Ludlow, whose wife he would later marry. He continued to visit the American West throughout his career.
He became the central figure of the Rocky Mountain School of American painting.
Though his paintings sold for princely sums, Bierstadt was not held in particularly high esteem by critics of his day. His use of uncommonly large canvases was thought to be an egotistical indulgence, as his paintings would invariably dwarf those of his contemporaries when they were displayed together. The romanticism evident in his choices of subject and in his use of light was felt to be excessive by contemporary critics, a charge that continues to be leveled by many of today's art historians. His paintings emphasized atmospheric elements like fog, clouds and mist to accentuate and complement the feel of his work.
Nonetheless, his paintings remain popular. He was a prolific artist, having completed over 400 paintings during his lifetime, most of which have survived. Many are scattered through museums around the United States. Prints are available commercially for many. Original paintings themselves do occasionally come up for sale.
Bierstadt was part of the Hudson River School, not an institution but rather an informal group of like-minded painters. The Hudson River School style involved carefully detailed paintings with romantic, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called luminism.
Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany. His family moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1833. He studied painting with the members of the Düsseldorf School in Düsseldorf, Germany from 1853 to 1857. He taught drawing and painting briefly before devoting himself to painting.
Bierstadt began making paintings in New England and upstate New York. In 1859, he traveled westward in the company of a land surveyor the U.S. government, returning with sketches that would result in numerous finished paintings. In 1863 he returned West again, in the company of the author Fitz Hugh Ludlow, whose wife he would later marry. He continued to visit the American West throughout his career.
He became the central figure of the Rocky Mountain School of American painting.
Though his paintings sold for princely sums, Bierstadt was not held in particularly high esteem by critics of his day. His use of uncommonly large canvases was thought to be an egotistical indulgence, as his paintings would invariably dwarf those of his contemporaries when they were displayed together. The romanticism evident in his choices of subject and in his use of light was felt to be excessive by contemporary critics, a charge that continues to be leveled by many of today's art historians. His paintings emphasized atmospheric elements like fog, clouds and mist to accentuate and complement the feel of his work.
Nonetheless, his paintings remain popular. He was a prolific artist, having completed over 400 paintings during his lifetime, most of which have survived. Many are scattered through museums around the United States. Prints are available commercially for many. Original paintings themselves do occasionally come up for sale.
260 Bierstadt Paintings
Bombardment of Fort Sumter 1861
Oil Painting
$3271
$3271
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-12269
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 66 x 172.7 cm
Public Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 66 x 172.7 cm
Public Collection
Olevano c.1856/57
Oil Painting
$2483
$2483
Canvas Print
$54.07
$54.07
SKU: BAL-12270
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 50.2 x 68.9 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 50.2 x 68.9 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA
California Redwoods 1872
Oil Painting
$1292
$1292
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-12271
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 48.6 x 35.6 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 48.6 x 35.6 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA
View of Chimney Rock, Ohalilah Sioux Village in ... 1860
Oil Painting
$2117
$2117
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-12272
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 33.6 x 49.2 cm
Colby College Museum of Art, Maine, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 33.6 x 49.2 cm
Colby College Museum of Art, Maine, USA
On the Saco n.d.
Oil Painting
$2129
$2129
SKU: BAL-16945
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 76.2 x 111.8 cm
Private Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 76.2 x 111.8 cm
Private Collection
Buffalo Hunting n.d.
Oil Painting
$2101
$2101
Canvas Print
$52.71
$52.71
SKU: BAL-17032
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 49.5 x 70 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 49.5 x 70 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Multnomah Falls n.d.
Oil Painting
$2197
$2197
Canvas Print
$50.66
$50.66
SKU: BAL-17033
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 109.2 x 75 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 109.2 x 75 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Niagara Falls n.d.
Oil Painting
$1712
$1712
Canvas Print
$53.39
$53.39
SKU: BAL-17034
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 67.3 x 48.6 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 67.3 x 48.6 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Canoe on Northern River 1889
Oil Painting
$1340
$1340
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-17035
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 48.3 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 48.3 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Alaska (Boats of the Far North) 1864
Oil Painting
$664
$664
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-17036
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 45.7 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 45.7 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Sierra Nevada Mountains in California n.d.
Oil Painting
$2389
$2389
Canvas Print
$53.66
$53.66
SKU: BAL-17037
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 66 x 87.5 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 66 x 87.5 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Point Lobos, California n.d.
Oil Painting
$2157
$2157
Canvas Print
$53.12
$53.12
SKU: BAL-17038
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 114.3 x 81.3 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 114.3 x 81.3 cm
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, USA
The Hetch-Hetchy Valley, California c.1874/80
Oil Painting
$3345
$3345
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-17299
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 94 x 147.5 cm
Private Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 94 x 147.5 cm
Private Collection
Mount Corcoran c.1876/77
Oil Painting
$4081
$4081
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-17300
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 154.2 x 243.4 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 154.2 x 243.4 cm
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California 1875
Oil Painting
$3300
$3300
Canvas Print
$49.71
$49.71
SKU: BAL-17301
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 81.3 x 122 cm
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 81.3 x 122 cm
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
A Stream in the Rocky Mountains 1882
Oil Painting
$1289
$1289
Canvas Print
$58.42
$58.42
SKU: BAL-17302
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 99 x 77.5 cm
Public Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 99 x 77.5 cm
Public Collection
In the Yosemite Valley 1866
Oil Painting
$3476
$3476
Canvas Print
$52.16
$52.16
SKU: BAL-17303
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 89.2 x 127 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 89.2 x 127 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, USA
A Lake in the Sierra Nevada 1867
Oil Painting
$2698
$2698
Canvas Print
$54.62
$54.62
SKU: BAL-17304
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 55.5 x 76.2 cm
Private Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 55.5 x 76.2 cm
Private Collection
Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm 1869
Oil Painting
$3144
$3144
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-17827
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 74.9 x 125.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 74.9 x 125.7 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California 1865
Oil Painting
$2968
$2968
Canvas Print
$49.71
$49.71
SKU: BAL-19313
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 162.5 x 245.1 cm
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 162.5 x 245.1 cm
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, USA
Glen Ellis Falls 1869
Oil Painting
$2610
$2610
Canvas Print
$55.70
$55.70
SKU: BAL-19314
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 102 x 77 cm
Public Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 102 x 77 cm
Public Collection
Sunrise, Yosemite Valley 1870
Oil Painting
$3080
$3080
Canvas Print
$51.76
$51.76
SKU: BAL-19315
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 92.7 x 133 cm
Amon Carter Museum, Texas, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 92.7 x 133 cm
Amon Carter Museum, Texas, USA
Cathedral Rock, Yosemite 1870
Oil Painting
$1077
$1077
Canvas Print
$55.43
$55.43
SKU: BAL-19316
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 61 x 46 cm
Public Collection
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 61 x 46 cm
Public Collection
A Western Landscape 1860s
Oil Painting
$597
$597
Canvas Print
$49.43
$49.43
SKU: BAL-19317
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 20 x 26.4 cm
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 20 x 26.4 cm
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA