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
Cause of Death -Old Age
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 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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A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. Leonardo da Vinci
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Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment. Claude Monet
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