Sunday, September 27, 2020

Among the Sierra Nevada

Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada, California, 1868

Albert Bierstadt created numerous paintings of the American West, including this masterpiece, which is six feet high and ten feet wide. It is now part of an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Bierstadt took his paintings on tours in which he would dramatically unveil them to audiences.

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