The Last of the Buffalo
Albert Bierstadt · 1888
Why it's great
A wild herd of buffalo is hunted by Native hunters on horseback in a dramatic scene on the plains. Albert Bierstadt painted this in 1888, when the buffalo were nearly gone. It's a sad and powerful reminder of the near extinction of the animal. It hangs in the Smithsonian in Washington.
Where to see it
📍 Corcoran Gallery of ArtWashington, 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.
