Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his grandiose landscapes of the 19th-century American West. Born on January 7, 1830 in Solingen, Prussia, Bierstadt's family immigrated to ...

A previously uncataloged painting by the 19th-century landscape artist Albert Bierstadt that had been given to the Colorado School of Mines in 1938 is part of a new exhibition at the Denver Art Museum ...

Paintings that are part of a new exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum are more than just pretty. The artwork helped to save Bison in the U.S. Albert Bierstadt was best known for his big dramatic landscapes ...

FRANCONIA, N.H. — Did it matter, really, that Albert Bierstadt’s rapturous 19th-century visions of the American west were far, far too good to be true? It depends how much truth mattered back then, in ...

“The Domes of Yosemite” by Albert Bierstadt Credit: Courtesy of St. Johnsbury Athenaeum In recent years, visitors who came to the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum to see “The Domes of the Yosemite” by Albert ...

Art history, like all history, fills its pages with figures who died tragically young. Raphael, Caravaggio, Van Gogh, T.C. Cannon. One of those names will be less familiar to most than the others. The ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. Derrick R. Cartwright, director of curatorial affairs for the Timken ...

The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College is presenting three exclusive exhibitions this fall, which showcase Medieval and Renaissance Italian paintings from a renowned private collection.

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