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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.
Albert Bierstadt, portrait by Napoleon Sarony. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) was a German-born 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.
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The exact date it was made is unknown, but Bierstadt sent this print to Elbridge T. Gerry on November 11, 1895. Edward Bierstadt first exhibited colour photographs in 1878 and colour portrait photographs in 1892.
English: Albert Bierstadt was commissioned by the Earl of Dunraven to make a painting of the Estes Park and Longs Peak area in 1876 for $15,000. The painting is now on display at the Denver Art Museum (on loan from the Denver Public Library).
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
Gift of Mary Stewart Bierstadt (Mrs. Albert Bierstadt) References: Corcoran Gallery of Art via Web archive National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection. RKDimages, Art-work number 221117: Source/Photographer: 1. Photograph Own work user:Daderot, Taken in 15 June 2012, 09:39:20 2. higher res: Other versions
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.