
“Look around you — the clear sky, the pure air, the tender grass, the birds; nature is beautiful and sinless, and we, only we, are foolish and we don’t understand that...

“Look around you — the clear sky, the pure air, the tender grass, the birds; nature is beautiful and sinless, and we, only we, are foolish and we don’t understand that...
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Under a moonlit sky, Albert Bierstadt’s (1830—1902) trappers are at home in the dark, mysterious wilderness. Albert Bierstadt’s romantic painting style sought to capture...

“The magnificent beauty of the natural world is a manifestation of the mysterious natural laws that will be forever obscured from us.” — Albert Bierstadt. Albert...

“Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.” — Dame Margot Fonteyn. Albert Bierstadt, Sunset over the River, Private...

Albert Bierstadt’s (1830—1902) romantic painting style sought to capture both the realism of the far off places he visited and the atmospheric feelings experience by...

Albert Bierstadt's (1830–1902) paintings of the untamed American West are some of the most significant historical and artistic accomplishments of the 19th century. The...

In the summer of 1856, during a four-year period of study in Europe, German-born artist Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) joined several American colleagues on a sketching...

"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." — Gustave Flaubert. Gilbert Munger, Sunset, Yosemite Valley, 1876, Private collection....

Painted in 1864 following Albert Bierstadt’s (1830—1902) first trip to Yosemite Valley, “Sunset in California” is a luminous example of the atmospheric landscapes that...

Wilderness landscape paintings such as ‘The Sierras, Lake Tahoe’ by Albert Bierstadt (1830—1902) provide the viewer with an essentially spiritual aesthetic experience....