Indians in Council, California
Albert Bierstadt · 1872
Why it's great
Native Americans sit in a council in a meadow in California, with mountains rising behind them. Albert Bierstadt traveled in the American West and painted Indigenous people as part of the landscape. The painting shows a moment of gathering and discussion. It's a record of the West as one artist saw it.
Where to see it
📍 Smithsonian American Art MuseumWashington, D.C., United States
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Albert Bierstadt was born in Germany and raised in Massachusetts. He traveled west with survey expeditions and painted vast landscapes of the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite. His work was admired by huge crowds in the East. He lived in New York and died there in 1902.
