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Landscape painter, b. 1830 - d. 1902
Artist Albert Bierstadt, born in 1830, was an American landscape painter of German descent, painting in oil on the heels of the American Romantic era of the mid-19th century, in the style of the Hudson River School. Albert Bierstadt's paintings and artwork are grand, luminous depictions of natural America, from the White Mountains and the Rockies to Yosemite, and from the Saco River to the Puget Sound.
As an artist, Albert Bierstadt painted his landscapes in Romantic realism. The scenery is sharp and clear,but also infused with radiant light, sometimes reflected off rock faces or water, hanging in the background as shimmering mist, or flickering through trees in rays of sunlight. You can find many other landscape paintings for sale at Invaluable to pick out your next favorite piece of artwork.
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soldSep. 15, 2023Painting, Albert Bierstadt
Est: $8,000 - $12,000Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902), Untitled (Luminous Glacial Mountain Scene with Figures), oil on paper (laid down on board), signed lower right, board: 5"h x 7"w, overall (with frame): 10.5"h x 13"w
Clars Auctions
soldSep. 11, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) Germany
Est: $1,000 - $1,500Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) Germany Watercolor on Paper Measure 7 1/2"in H x 11 1/2"in W and 12 1/2"in H x 16 1/2"in W with frame Known for: Romanticized western landscape paintings, photography Biography: Born in Solingen, Germany, near Dusseldorf, Albert Bierstadt grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts from the age of two. He returned to Dusseldorf in 1854 for three years of art study, and on his return to New Bedford joined other well-known landscape painters of the day in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The watershed event in Bierstadt's career took place in 1859, when he was invited to join the Lander survey expedition to the Pacific. Overwhelmed by the mountains of the West, he went on to found his career and reputation on large-scale images that made the region seem even more glorious than its impressive reality. Bierstadt's paintings are today widely seen as a prime element in encouraging Western migration and development in the United States. At the height of his career in the 1860s and 1870s, he was perhaps the most successful and renowned painter in America. Examples of his work are included in most major collections of American art. Though best known for his enormous, highly romanticized landscapes of a golden West, Bierstadt is at least equally admired for his smaller finished, less-idealized works and his accurate, perceptive on-site studies and oil sketches. One of his best known paintings, the small "The Wreck of the Ancon, Loring Bay, Alaska," at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, bears witness to the sinking of the steamship on which Bierstadt traveled the coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska as far north as Glacier Bay in 1889.
Coral Gables Auction
soldSep. 09, 2023Oil on Panel Signed Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000Oil on panel, signed , - Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) USA Original presentation parcel gilded and painted frame. 9" x 16", framed 19 1/4" x 27”.
Latair Auctions
soldAug. 26, 2023Albert Bierstadt, "Near the Hudson"
Est: $5,000 - $7,000Painting
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
soldAug. 26, 2023Albert Bierstadt, "Western Sketch"
Est: $7,000 - $9,000Painting
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
soldAug. 13, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) Germany
Est: $2,000 - $3,000Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) Germany Watercolor on Paper Measure 7 1/2"in H x 11 1/2"in W and 12 1/2"in H x 16 1/2"in W with frame Known for: Romanticized western landscape paintings, photography Biography: Born in Solingen, Germany, near Dusseldorf, Albert Bierstadt grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts from the age of two. He returned to Dusseldorf in 1854 for three years of art study, and on his return to New Bedford joined other well-known landscape painters of the day in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The watershed event in Bierstadt's career took place in 1859, when he was invited to join the Lander survey expedition to the Pacific. Overwhelmed by the mountains of the West, he went on to found his career and reputation on large-scale images that made the region seem even more glorious than its impressive reality. Bierstadt's paintings are today widely seen as a prime element in encouraging Western migration and development in the United States. At the height of his career in the 1860s and 1870s, he was perhaps the most successful and renowned painter in America. Examples of his work are included in most major collections of American art. Though best known for his enormous, highly romanticized landscapes of a golden West, Bierstadt is at least equally admired for his smaller finished, less-idealized works and his accurate, perceptive on-site studies and oil sketches. One of his best known paintings, the small "The Wreck of the Ancon, Loring Bay, Alaska," at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, bears witness to the sinking of the steamship on which Bierstadt traveled the coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska as far north as Glacier Bay in 1889.
Coral Gables Auction
soldAug. 05, 2023Oil on Canvas Attributed to Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000Oil on canvas, Attributed to Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) New York, California, Massachusetts, Kansas / Germany, signed. Rural Landscape. Original parcel gilded frame. 16 1/2” x 12 1/2”, framed 24 1/2” x 20”, Please note that this item is in our warehouse in Los Angles and may require longer time for shipping arrangement.
Latair Auctions
soldAug. 02, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Baker's Beach (San Francisco) 16 x 21 1/2 in. framed 24 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Baker's Beach (San Francisco) signed with conjoined initials 'ABierstadt' (lower right) and titled (on the presentation plaque) oil on paper laid to board 16 x 21 1/2 in. framed 24 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.
Bonhams
soldAug. 02, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Sierra Nevada from Fort Independence 14 x 20 in. framed 19 x 24 in.
Est: $30,000 - $50,000Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Sierra Nevada from Fort Independence signed with conjoined initials 'ABierstadt' (lower right) and titled, inscribed and dated 'CALA / 1872' (on the reverse prior to lining) oil on paper laid to canvas 14 x 20 in. framed 19 x 24 in.
Bonhams
soldJun. 24, 2023Bierstadt's Printers Proof Chromolithograph of The Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
Est: $30,000 - $40,000BIERSTADT, Albert (1830-1902). The Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie. Chromolithograph, Printer's Proof. London: McLean, 1868. 21 5/8" x 34 7/8" sheet, 28 1/2" x 39 1/2" framed. Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) was the nineteenth century chronicler par excellence of the American West. He undertook several trips to the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite Valley, where he made sketches of what would later become his most famous paintings. These brilliant chromolithographs brilliantly capture the American landscape painting of the period at its most heightened and rapturous. These chromolithographs were issued by Thomas McLean as a pair [The Rocky Mountains (Landers Peak) & The Storm in The Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie]. As many as 20 stones were used to capture the rich, sumptuous palette of the original painting, which now resides in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. (Nancy Anderson and Linda S. Ferber, Albert Bierstadt Art & Enterprise, pp. 274-275).
Arader Galleries
soldJun. 24, 2023Bierstadt's Printers Proof Chromolithograph of The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
Est: $30,000 - $40,000BIERSTADT, Albert (1830-1902). The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. Chromolithograph, Printer's Proof. London: McLean, 1869. 21 5/8" x 34 7/8" sheet, 28 1/2" x 39 1/2" framed. Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) was the nineteenth century chronicler par excellence of the American West. He undertook several trips to the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite Valley, where he made sketches of what would later become his most famous paintings. These brilliant chromolithographs brilliantly capture the American landscape painting of the period at its most heightened and rapturous. These chromolithographs were issued by Thomas McLean as a pair [The Rocky Mountains (Landers Peak) & The Storm in The Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie]. As many as 20 stones were used to capture the rich, sumptuous palette of the original painting, which now resides in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. (Nancy Anderson and Linda S. Ferber, Albert Bierstadt Art & Enterprise, pp. 274-275).
Arader Galleries
soldJun. 17, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) Germany
Est: $1,500 - $2,000Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) Germany Watercolor on Paper Measure 9 1/2"in H x 7 1/2"in W and 15 1/4"in H x 13 1/4"in W x 2"in D with frame Known for: Romanticized western landscape paintings, photography Biography: In 1859, at the age of 29, Albert Bierstadt accompanied a government expedition on a painting trip that would establish him as one of the most popular landscape artists of his time. He traveled with his sketch pad, paints and canvas on the back of a mule, past the Missouri River and deep into the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming. There he found his greatest subject matter, the mysterious, magnificent, forests, plains, indigenous wildlife and peoples of the West. His later journey from 1863 to 1870 to California proved to be a culmination of his Rocky Mountain efforts. Born in Germany, Bierstadt spent his childhood in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a young child he returned to Europe for sophisticated art studies and extensive travel through the countryside and Alps of Germany and Italy. Following his 1859 trip to Wyoming, Bierstadt moved to New York from where he would make many excursions West - soon as far as California where he painted the first known rendition of Yosemite Valley in 1864. That same year, the artist's "The Rocky Mountains" sold for $25,000, the highest price yet paid for a work of art. Today, that painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bierstadt's popularity introduced him to many famous people of the time, including the poet Robert Longfellow, The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, and President Rutherford Hayes. Throughout his lifetime, Bierstadt traveled back and forth across the continent and to Europe with his wife Rosalie. Today, nearly every state owns a Bierstadt painting, either in public or private collections.
Coral Gables Auction
soldJun. 15, 2023ALBERT BIERSTADT FRAMED LITHOGRAPH
Est: -ALBERT BIERSTADT FRAMED LITHOGRAPH, NEW OLD STOCK
Legacies Old & New, Inc.
soldJun. 04, 2023Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902) Study of a Deer
Est: $10,000 - $15,000Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902) Study of a Deer Signed 'ABierstadt' (with conjoined letters) bottom right, oil on paper laid down to panel 7 1/16 x 9 in. (17.9 x 22.9cm) Qty: (1) Provenance The Artist. The Estate of the Artist. Collection of Henry Rohlfs. Alexander Gallery, New York, New York. Acquired directly from the above. Private Estate, Princeton, New Jersey. Note We wish to thank Melissa Speidel, Director of the Albert Bierstadt Catalogue Raisonné Project, for kindly confirming the authenticity of the present Lot.
Freeman's
soldMay. 28, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Lithograph, Hand Colored, The Rocky Mountains, 1866
Est: $3,000 - $5,000The Rocky Mountains, 1866. Approx. 16 1/2 x 28 in. (image). 21 3/4 x 33 3/8 in. (paper). Discoloration from previous mat. Wear to edges. Tear top right edge and lower left side. Discoloration lower left corner. Provenance: Mongerson Wunderlich, Chicago
Hughes Auctions
soldMay. 24, 2023Albert Bierstadt (German/American, 1830-1902) Coast Near Newport, Rhode Island 9 1/4 x 12 in. framed 14 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000Albert Bierstadt (German/American, 1830-1902) Coast Near Newport, Rhode Island monogrammed 'AB-' (lower right) oil on paper mounted on canvas 9 1/4 x 12 in. framed 14 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
Bonhams
soldMay. 18, 2023Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902): Long's Peak, Estes Park, Colorado
Est: $250,000 - $350,000Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902): Long's Peak, Estes Park, Colorado Oil on canvas, signed 'A. Bierstadt' lower right, with label from Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM and Alterman & Morris Galleries, Dallas, TX, lined. 26 x 36 1/2 in., 39 1/2 x 49 1/2 in. (frame). Note: Bierstadt's paintings of the untamed American West are unrivaled in their ability to convey the wilderness of that landscape to a public who had not yet set eyes on its majesty. Other artists had travelled into the Western frontier to paint, but Bierstadt's work in the West is considered some of the most significant artistic accomplishments of the 19th century. In 1859, Bierstadt made his first trip to the rugged territories out West, and would travel there again for an extended stay in 1863. It was during this second visit that Bierstadt first saw the dramatic fourteen-thousand foot snow-covered peak named Long's Peak near Denver, CO. In this depiction of the view, Bierstadt captures the drama and beauty of the landscape that captivated him throughout his career. Sold Sotheby's, NY, May 25, 1988, Lot 84; Sold Christie's, NY, May 23, 2001, Lot 69; Private Collection, NY.
Stair
soldMay. 14, 2023Oil on Panel, Attr, to Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000Oil on panel, attr, to Albert Bierstadt (1830 - 1902) USA Original presentation parcel gilded and painted frame. 9" x 16", framed 19 1/4" x 27”.
Latair Auctions
soldMay. 13, 2023Bierstadt, Albert
Est: -Bierstadt, Albert 1830 Solingen - 1902 New York Gebirgslandschaft mit Wasserfällen. Signiert. Öl/Lwd./Malk., 55 x 39,5 cm.
Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus
soldMay. 04, 2023Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) The Rocky Mountains, 1866
Est: $4,000 - $6,000Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) The Rocky Mountains, 1866 chromo-lithograph 16 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches An Important Western Collection of Edward S. Curtis Provenance: Zaplin Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Hindman
soldMay. 04, 2023Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) Untitled Landscape
Est: $20,000 - $40,000Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902) Untitled Landscape oil on canvas laid to board signed ABierstadt (lower right) 11 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches This painting is included in Melissa Speidel's catalogue raisonne database of the artist's works. It is accompanied by a letter of opinion from Melissa Speidel, issued 23 March, 2023.
Hindman
soldMay. 03, 2023Albert Bierstadt American, 1830-1902 Mountain Landscape, Alps
Est: $15,000 - $25,000Albert Bierstadt American, 1830-1902 Mountain Landscape, Alps Signed with conjoined initials ABierstadt (lr) Oil on paper laid down on canvas 30 x 22 inches Provenance: Ira Spanierman, LLC, New York until 1965 Private collection C
Doyle New York
soldApr. 08, 2023Albert Bierstadt Half Dome Yosemite Valley Print
Est: $30 - $300Frame measures 38 x 45 1/2in, Print measures 24 x 32in.
Matthew Bullock Auctioneers
soldApr. 02, 2023Drawing by Albert Bierstadt (1830 -1902)
Est: $400 - $600Charcoal Drawing by Albert Bierstadt (1830 -1902). Provenance: Sotheby's NY. 17" W x 12"H
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