The Oregon Trail
Albert Bierstadt · 1869
Why it's great
Wagons wind through a glowing landscape under a red sky on the Oregon Trail, the long route that tens of thousands of settlers took west. Albert Bierstadt, famous for his big Western landscapes, painted it in 1869.
🏛️ Part of history
Westward Expansion & the Frontier (1803–1890) — Wagons wind through a glowing landscape under a red sky on the Oregon Trail, the long route that tens of thousands of settlers took west.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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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.
