Albert Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt was a German-American artist who lived from 1830 to 1902, best known for his monumental landscapes that glorified the American West. Born in Solingen, Germany, he emigrated with his family to New Bedford, Massachusetts at age two, studied painting in Dusseldorf, and became part of the second generation of landscape artists associated with the Hudson River School in New York. His travels to Colorado and Wyoming in 1859 shifted his focus to the American West, and the grand, theatrical vistas he painted of the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada and Yosemite Valley brought him acclaim and financial success, though later shifts in taste drew criticism. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/