The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
Albert Bierstadt · 1863
Why it's great
A huge snowy peak rises beyond a mountain lake and a camp of Native Americans in the foreground. Bierstadt traveled west in 1859 to paint the real Rockies. The glorious light and huge scale amazed viewers in the East. It helped make the American West a legend.
Where to see it
📍 Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York City, 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.
