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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.
Table featuring works by Albert Bierstadt; Image Title Dimensions Notes Current Location Ref. A Strike – Salmon Fishing, Cascapedia River, Canada: Oil 61 cm × 91.4 cm (24.0 in × 36.0 in) IAP 61020603 IAP 87230148 Private Collection [38] Tropical Landscape with Fishing Boats in Bay: Oil 45.2 cm × 74.4 cm (17.8 in × 29.3 in) IAP 61023558
Among the Sierra Nevada was created in Rome in winter 1867–68, four years after Bierstadt's trip to the Sierra Nevada. [4] [5] The painting measures 72 by 120 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (183 by 305 cm) and has an elaborate frame measuring 96 + 1 ⁄ 4 by 144 + 3 ⁄ 8 by 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (244 by 367 by 18 cm).
Dimensions: 36 × 47 in (91.4 × 119.3 cm) Place of creation: United States of America : Inscriptions: signed and dated 1872: Notes: Rare privately owned piece which has been compared to some of his most famous and acclaimed works.
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English: Unretouched three-colour collotype of the painter Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902), made by his brother Edward Bierstadt (1824 - 1906). This may be the oldest surviving real color photograph of a human being.
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An inscription on the reverse provides the title for this painting, but like many of Bierstadt's paintings, the subject might be drawn more from the artist's imagination than from an actual spot. Whyte's Lake, a man-made lake, existed only one year, 1877, and was washed out by floods the following year.