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Bierstadt

American  
[beer-stat, beer-shtaht] / ˈbɪər stæt, ˈbir ʃtɑt /

noun

  1. Albert 1830–1902, U.S. painter, born in Germany.

  2. Mount, a mountain in N central Colorado, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,060 feet (4,286 meters).


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This image of Christopher Columbus making landfall in the New World was painted by the German American artist Albert Bierstadt at the end of the nineteenth century.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Throughout its history, the museum has been early to acquire works by living artists — beginning with a gift from the Hudson River School painter Albert Bierstadt in 1863, the year after it opened.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Many of the earlier pictures could have been made in the 19th century, when such painters as Albert Bierstadt were wowing gallery-goers with epic vistas of the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2021

Image: Microsoft Bierstadt by Steve Mattison is inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography.

From The Verge • Apr. 28, 2021

Magnificent landscapes by Bierstadt, Colby and Elkins hung from the walls, depicting the Rocky Mountains and the plains.

From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Tileston, Merrill

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