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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection was acquired by the Archives of American Art in a series of accessions between 1955 and 2001. Six letters were donated by Charles ...

One thing Laura Fry has learned during the nearly three years she has spent working on Gilcrease Museum’s latest exhibit is that, when it comes to artist Albert Bierstadt, sometimes smaller is better.

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Albert Bierstadt’s total sales are going up, and if ...

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 total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

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 mid-June 1863,the celebrated German-born American painter Albert Bierstadt ventured by wagon into the high Rocky Mountains west of Denver, scouting scenes for a Colorado painting. When he got to ...

“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 ...

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 ...

PLAINFIELD – A Superior Court judge has denied the city's request to sell two historic paintings hanging in City Hall, delivering a blow to Plainfield’s attempt to fund an initiative to create bank ...