Albert Bierstadt
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Born: 1830
Died: 1902 Main Artistic Movement: Realism Nationality: American Floor Found in Château: First Floor Room Found in Château: Billiards Room |
About the Artist
Born in Prussia but moved to America at the age of one, Bierstadt was known for his almost super-realistic paintings. After studying through the Hudson River School in New York, he traveled with the American movement of westward expansion in the mid-1800s. Here, he painted some of his more famous works, including his Rocky Mountain Landscape (1870) and his Among the Sierra Nevada, California (1868). His works were known to draw in Americans during this necessity to move west across North America during the time of Manifest Destiny.
About the Movement
Bierstadt worked in the Realism Age of art. The Age of Realism began in France during the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s) and made its way across the world. Realism sought to depict scenes of everyday life, whether that would be people, nature, or cityscapes. Photorealism was an offshoot of the Age of Realism, as artists created paintings that had photographic qualities. The goal of Realism was to draw viewers into their art, giving the extreme believability that the viewer was placed within the artwork as it came to life. Some of the most famous Realism artists included Gustave Courbet, Edward Hopper, and John Constable.
Fun Fact: In 1998, the United States Postal Service created a set of twenty stamps that portrayed American art. Bierstadt's The Last of the Buffalo (1888) was featured as one of the twenty.
Resources: John Howat, American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, (New York City, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987), 284.
Born in Prussia but moved to America at the age of one, Bierstadt was known for his almost super-realistic paintings. After studying through the Hudson River School in New York, he traveled with the American movement of westward expansion in the mid-1800s. Here, he painted some of his more famous works, including his Rocky Mountain Landscape (1870) and his Among the Sierra Nevada, California (1868). His works were known to draw in Americans during this necessity to move west across North America during the time of Manifest Destiny.
About the Movement
Bierstadt worked in the Realism Age of art. The Age of Realism began in France during the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s) and made its way across the world. Realism sought to depict scenes of everyday life, whether that would be people, nature, or cityscapes. Photorealism was an offshoot of the Age of Realism, as artists created paintings that had photographic qualities. The goal of Realism was to draw viewers into their art, giving the extreme believability that the viewer was placed within the artwork as it came to life. Some of the most famous Realism artists included Gustave Courbet, Edward Hopper, and John Constable.
Fun Fact: In 1998, the United States Postal Service created a set of twenty stamps that portrayed American art. Bierstadt's The Last of the Buffalo (1888) was featured as one of the twenty.
Resources: John Howat, American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, (New York City, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987), 284.
Artworks found in the Château:
(No artworks found in the Château by this artist)