Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 1868 Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)

Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington USA
Original Size: 183 x 305 cm

Oil Painting Reproduction

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$3798.28 USD
Condition:Unframed
SKU:BAL-3334
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Completely Hand Painted
Painted by European Аrtists with Academic Education
Museum Quality
+ 4 cm (1.6") Margins for Stretching
Creation Time: 8-9 Weeks
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We create our paintings with museum quality and covering the highest academic standards. Once we get your order, it will be entirely hand-painted with oil on canvas. All the materials we use are the highest level, being totally artist graded painting materials and linen canvas.

We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.

High quality and detailing in every inch are time consuming. The reproduction of Albert Bierstadt also needs time to dry in order to be completely ready for shipping, as this is crucial to not be damaged during transportation.
Based on the size, level of detail and complexity we need 8-9 weeks to complete the process.

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We not stretch and frame our oil paintings due to several reasons:
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The paintings we create are only of museum quality. Our academy graduated artists will never allow a compromise in the quality and detail of the ordered painting. TOPofART do not work, and will never allow ourselves to work with low quality studios from the Far East. We are based in Europe, and quality is our highest priority.

Albert Bierstadt’s 1868 panorama of Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California displays a luminous landscape dominated by towering peaks and tranquil water. In the foreground, deer congregate at the water’s edge, their slender silhouettes a gentle counterpoint to the massive cliffs and cascading waterfalls beyond. A radiant sky, rendered in delicate layers of pale gold and muted grey, illuminates the central mountain range, creating a vivid sense of depth and grandeur. This interplay between soft light and sharply defined rock surfaces infuses the composition with an almost theatrical intensity.

One is immediately struck by the carefully orchestrated palette - warm yellows and soft blues merge in a haze of atmospheric perspective, accentuating the dizzying scale of the mountains. The left side of the canvas is anchored by shadowed cliffs, while the right side presents a calmer grove of pines and grass. The water itself acts as a reflective surface, gently echoing the shapes and hues above. By balancing luminous highlights against darker passages, the artist achieves a visual crescendo that draws the eye upward, as though the light itself were a central protagonist.

Bierstadt’s technique is rooted in meticulous brushwork and layered glazes. The foreground is painted with crisp detail - individual leaves and blades of grass suggest an almost tangible reality. In contrast, the more distant mountains are softened by atmospheric effects, where thin washes of paint merge to form gauzy veils of cloud and mist. This deft handling of paint endows the scene with both clarity and a sense of the ethereal, bridging a gap between observed nature and a heightened romantic vision.

Compositionally, the work is orchestrated so that the viewer’s eye travels from the calm assembly of deer at lower right to the luminous waterfalls at left, and finally up to the jagged peaks and swirling skies. The tall, vertical thrust of the cliffs contrasts with the horizontal expanse of water, yielding a pleasing tension. Historically, such paintings spoke to a mid-19th-century audience hungry for grand visions of America’s western frontier. Completed in London and shown across Europe, the canvas served as a potent emblem of the United States’ sweeping landscapes at a time when emigration to the “New World” was a topic of fascination. Bierstadt’s entrepreneurial flair only heightened the painting’s reception, as audiences, enraptured by his dramatic presentations, embraced both the spectacle and the promise it implied.

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William TalbotVerified Reviewer
21st June 2019 10:10pm
Very satisfied with the Bierstadt painting. It was the second Bierstadt you painted for me. You will notice my order for a DaVinci Madonna. If this painting turns out to be to my liking there will be other paintings ordered. Take your time, and thank the artists for there fine work and I hope things go well for all of you in Sofia.
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