Albert Bierstadt
1830-1902
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
American Hudson River School Landscape Painter
Artistically and Stylistically Influenced by the following Painters and Art Movements - Classical Greek, Rococo, Thomas Cole, Poussin, Mantegna, Michelangelo, Titian and Raphael
Cause of Death -Old Age
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Albert Bierstadt
Quotations
Inspiring Quotes and Wisdom
about Art, Truth and Beauty,
Life and Talent
Truly all is remarkable and a wellspring of amazement and wonder. Man is so fortunate to dwell in this American Garden of Eden." -- Albert Bierstadt Quote
"Christ is one with His
creatures and so man must
treat his fellow creatures
as Christ would. The
continual slaughter of
native species must be
halted before all is lost. "
-- Albert Bierstadt Quote
"The magnificent beauty of
the natural world is a
manifestation of the
mysterious natural laws that
will be forever obscured
from us." -- Albert
Bierstadt Quote
Albert Bierstadt
Interesting Facts:
Albert Bierstadt was born in
Solingen, a small hamlet
near Düsseldorf in the
German Rhineland .
After a string financial
misadventures the Bierstadt
family decided to try their
luck in the New World and
left the Fatherland in 1831.
Young Albert was 18 months
when the family landed in
Bedford, Massachusetts.
Albert Bierstadt found
himself drawn back to his
roots and returned to
Düsseldorf, Germany between
1853 and 1857 to study
painting.
In 1858 Bierstadt set out
on his own for the desolate
Wyoming Territory, where he
spent a time capturing the
beauty of the American West.
Bierstadt was fascinated by
Native Americans, often
living amongst them in a
makeshift teepee and wearing
a loin cloth. He spent his
time sketching wild animals,
and capturing the virgin
landscape.
Albert Bierstadt was not
only the greatest landscape
painter of all time, the
incredibly talented man
dabbled in inventing various
mechanical devices
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