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Artist Biography
Albert
Bierstadt (1830-1902),
American
When
Bierstadt was about three years old, his family moved from Germany to New
Bedford, Massachusetts. He returned to Dusseldorf, Germany between 1853
and 1857 to study painting. On his return to the United States, he
organized an exhibition in
New Bedford
of 150 paintings, including works of all the major artists of his day. In
December, 1857 the Boston Athenaeum bought one of his works, The Portico
of Octavia Rome, thus assuring his career.
Bierstadt
always loved mountains, and he visited the White Mountains
before he left for Düsseldorf, for his signature appears in the register
on top of Mount Washington on August 11, 1852. He returned at various times from 1858 to
1886. Sometime in 1859 or 1860, Bierstadt visited New
Hampshire with his brother, Edward, working in the then new medium of
photography. He stayed at the Conway House in Conway,
listing himself as "A.
Bierstadt, New York,"
on September 13, 1862. He also spent considerable time at the Glen
House in 1869 while at work on Emerald Pool, which he considered his
finest work.
He exhibited
at the Boston Athenaeum from 1859 to 1864,at the Brooklyn Art Association
from 1861 to 1879, and at the Boston Art Club from 1873 to 1880. A member
of the National Academy of Design from 1860 to 1902, he kept a studio in
the 10th Street Studio Building, New York City from 1861 to 1879. He was
a member of the Century Association from 1862 to 1902.
Bierstadt
became internationally reknowned for his beautiful and enormous paintings
of the newly accessible American west, and his works found their way into
public and private collections at staggeringly high prices for his time.
His popularity and wealth rose to tremendous heights only to fade as the
interest in the Boston
School and impressionism turned public taste away from his highly detailed
landscapes suffused with golden light. By 1895 he declared himself
bankrupt.
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