
“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...

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...