Albert
Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany,
in 1830. He studied painting in Dusseldorf and Rome (1853-57) before
emigrating to America.
In 1858 he was employed by F. W. Landers to help him survey an overland
wagon route to the West. Bierstadt's role was to paint panoramas of
the Rocky Mountains. Paintings such as Rocky
Mountains (1863) and the Yosemite
Valley (1866) made him one of the most popular artists
in the United States. Albert Bierstadt died
in 1902.
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