Albert Bierstadt
German-American painter
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Albert Bierstadt 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. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he... Wikipedia
Born: January 7, 1830, Solingen, Germany
Died: February 18, 1902 (age 72 years), New York, NY
Periods: Hudson River School, Romanticism, and Luminism
Parents: Christina M. Tillmans and Henry Bierstadt
Siblings: Edward Bierstadt and Charles Bierstadt
Spouse: Rosalie Ludlow (m. 1866–1893)
Artworks
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