![Portrait of Albert Bierstadt](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/bierstadt000.jpg)
Albert Bierstadt Painting Reproductions 2 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
![Niagara Falls, 1869 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt025.jpg)
Niagara Falls 1869
Oil Painting
$1782
$1782
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4985
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 36.2 x 48.9 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 36.2 x 48.9 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![Laramie Peak, 1870 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt026.jpg)
Laramie Peak 1870
Oil Painting
$3858
$3858
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4986
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: unknown
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: unknown
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
![St. Lawrence River from the Citadel, Quebec, c.1880 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt027.jpg)
St. Lawrence River from the Citadel, Quebec c.1880
Oil Painting
$3259
$3259
Canvas Print
$91.83
$91.83
SKU: BAL-4987
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 56.2 x 77.8 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 56.2 x 77.8 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![Swiss Mountain Cabin, c.1872 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt028.jpg)
Swiss Mountain Cabin c.1872
Oil Painting
$1716
$1716
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4988
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 33 x 48.6 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 33 x 48.6 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![View of Donner Lake, California, c.1871/72 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt029.jpg)
View of Donner Lake, California c.1871/72
Oil Painting
$1341
$1341
Canvas Print
$55.97
$55.97
SKU: BAL-4989
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 74.3 x 55.6 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 74.3 x 55.6 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![San Francisco Bay, c.1871/73 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt030.jpg)
San Francisco Bay c.1871/73
Oil Painting
$1276
$1276
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4990
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35 x 48.5 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35 x 48.5 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
![Seal Rocks, Farallons, 1872 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt031.jpg)
Seal Rocks, Farallons 1872
Oil Painting
$1952
$1952
SKU: BAL-4991
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 34.9 x 49.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 34.9 x 49.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![Farallon Islands, 1872 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt032.jpg)
Farallon Islands 1872
Oil Painting
$2465
$2465
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4992
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 48.3 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 48.3 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![The Grizzly Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, California, c.1872/73 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt033.jpg)
The Grizzly Giant Sequoia, Mariposa Grove, California c.1872/73
Oil Painting
$3375
$3375
Canvas Print
$53.77
$53.77
SKU: BAL-4993
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 75.7 x 54.2 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 75.7 x 54.2 cm
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
![Sunrise in the Sierras, c.1872 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt034.jpg)
Sunrise in the Sierras c.1872
Oil Painting
$1478
$1478
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4994
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 34.3 x 47.9 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 34.3 x 47.9 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
![California Spring, 1875 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt035.jpg)
California Spring 1875
Oil Painting
$3898
$3898
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4995
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 137.8 x 214 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 137.8 x 214 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![Nassau Harbor, c.1877 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt036.jpg)
Nassau Harbor c.1877
Oil Painting
$1152
$1152
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4996
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 37.5 x 50.8 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 37.5 x 50.8 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![Geyser, Yellowstone Park, c.1881 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt037.jpg)
Geyser, Yellowstone Park c.1881
Oil Painting
$1982
$1982
SKU: BAL-4997
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.2 x 49.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.2 x 49.5 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![Indians Hunting Buffalo, c.1888 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt038.jpg)
Indians Hunting Buffalo c.1888
Oil Painting
$3022
$3022
Canvas Print
$52.11
$52.11
SKU: BAL-4998
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 62.9 x 91.1 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 62.9 x 91.1 cm
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, USA
![Wreck of the 'Ancon' in Loring Bay, Alaska, 1889 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt039.jpg)
Wreck of the 'Ancon' in Loring Bay, Alaska 1889
Oil Painting
$1352
$1352
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-4999
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.8 x 50.1 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.8 x 50.1 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![Alaskan Coast Range, c.1889 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt040.jpg)
Alaskan Coast Range c.1889
Oil Painting
$1322
$1322
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-5000
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.2 x 49.2 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.2 x 49.2 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
![The Wolf River, Kansas, c.1859 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt041.jpg)
The Wolf River, Kansas c.1859
Oil Painting
$3492
$3492
Canvas Print
$51.13
$51.13
SKU: BAL-5001
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 122.6 x 97.2 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 122.6 x 97.2 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA
![Mountain Scene, c.1880/90 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt042.jpg)
Mountain Scene c.1880/90
Oil Painting
$598
$598
Canvas Print
$50.10
$50.10
SKU: BAL-5002
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 37.5 x 53.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 37.5 x 53.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Sea Cove, c.1880/90 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt043.jpg)
Sea Cove c.1880/90
Oil Painting
$630
$630
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-5003
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 48.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.6 x 48.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise, c.1889 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt044.jpg)
Canadian Rockies, Lake Louise c.1889
Oil Painting
$883
$883
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-5004
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 36.3 x 53.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 36.3 x 53.3 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
![Piz Bernina, Switzerland, n.d. by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt045.jpg)
Piz Bernina, Switzerland n.d.
Oil Painting
$1107
$1107
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-5005
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.2 x 49.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 35.2 x 49.2 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA
![Lake Lucerne, 1858 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt046.jpg)
Lake Lucerne 1858
Oil Painting
$5313
$5313
Canvas Print
$50.03
$50.03
SKU: BAL-5006
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 182.9 x 304.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 182.9 x 304.8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
![The Sierras Near Lake Tahoe, California, 1865 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt047.jpg)
The Sierras Near Lake Tahoe, California 1865
Oil Painting
$2308
$2308
Canvas Print
$54.04
$54.04
SKU: BAL-5007
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: unknown
Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester, New York, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: unknown
Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester, New York, USA
![Yosemite Winter Scene, 1872 by Bierstadt | Painting Reproduction](https://cdn.topofart.com/images/artists/Albert_Bierstadt/paintings-lg/bierstadt048.jpg)
Yosemite Winter Scene 1872
Oil Painting
$3259
$3259
SKU: BAL-5008
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 81.5 x 122 cm
Berkeley Art Museum, California, USA
Albert Bierstadt
Original Size: 81.5 x 122 cm
Berkeley Art Museum, California, USA