German-born plein air landscapist Albert Bierstadt was an artist shaped by the Dusseldorf and Hudson River Schools of pastoral painting. Bierstadt’s romantic and “luminist” nature scenes are often classified as examples of Rocky Mountain School wilderness images. Bierstadt’s “Bighorn Ram” gives the viewer a sense of the height and solitude of the creature, with its horizon-less background and billowing skies.
Bighorn Ram, c.1881, Oil on CanvasAlbert Bierstadt American (1830 - 1902) |
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German-born plein air landscapist Albert Bierstadt was an artist shaped by the Dusseldorf and Hudson River Schools of pastoral painting. Bierstadt’s romantic and “luminist” nature scenes are often classified as examples of Rocky Mountain School wilderness images. Bierstadt’s “Bighorn Ram” gives the viewer a sense of the height and solitude of the creature, with its horizon-less background and billowing skies. |
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