Albert Bierstadt EMIGRANT'S CROSSING THE PLAINS canvas ARTIST PROOF AP#2/50

Description: EMIGRANT'S CROSSING THE PLAINS #2/50 (Limited Edition Giclee Canvas)by: Albert Bierstadt1830 - 1902 Image size: 36"w x 23"h. (stretched) Published: 2017 Edition Size: 50 This is canvas: Artist Proof A/P#2/50 This Limited Edition GICLEE CANVAS is GUARANTEED to arrive in MINT condition. Albert Bierstadt, a German-American painter best known for his large landscapes and authentic portrayal of Western American landscapes. We are offering this limited edition GICLEE CANVAS in the original plastic wrap with certificate of authenticity. We will gladly ship to you insured UPS for FREE in the contiguous US.International orders will ship carefully tubed. By bidding, foreign residents also acknowledge that they are aware of and agree to pay all taxes and related charges. Albert Bierstadt 1830 - 1902 EMIGRANT'S CROSSING THE PLAINS #2/50(Limited Edition Giclee Canvas) About the Artwork In 1859 Bierstadt made the first of many trips west, joining a survey expedition led by Colonel Frederick William Lander that followed the Oregon Trail to California. Along with the Lander party, Bierstadt traveled through Nebraska and into Wyoming Territory. Overcome by the beauty of his surroundings, Bierstadt left his place on the journey, deciding instead to explore and return home on his own. While sketching the glorious peaks of the Rocky Mountains, Bierstadt was inspired to write a letter to the well-known artists’ publication The Crayon, proclaiming the mountains to rival the Alps in Europe. In addition, he expressed his enchantment with American Indians and the wildlife that he discovered. Of these, he took numerous photographs and made several sketches and oil studies that would later be incorporated into the grand-sized paintings created in his New York studio. This fantastic excursion spurred the young artist’s curiosity with North American landscape, a subject matter that would secure Bierstadt’s position as one of the premiere artists of the American West. Intent on defining the expanse east of the Mississippi River for the American public, Bierstadt planned a second trip west, this time traveling with writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow. The pair set off on their journey in May of 1863. Along the way they encountered a wagon train of German emigrants just outside Fort Kearney, Nebraska. Ludlow recounted this moment in his 1870 book The Heart of the Continent, describing the “picturesque party of Germans…[with] a large herd of cattle and fifty wagons…such a delight in form, color, and spirit.” Bierstadt, in turn, captured the moment pictorially with two separate paintings, Emigrants Crossing the Plains, completed on November 27, 1867, and The Oregon Trail, dating to 1869. While the works are similar in subject matter, they differ in scale. Emigrants Crossing the Plains carries out Bierstadt’s tradition of oversized painting, reflecting the grandiose size and spectacle of the American West. In addition, the artist’s style captivates the viewer with a romanticized scene of his adventure along the Oregon Trail. AUTHORIZED GREENWICH WORKSHOP DEALER CONSERVATION DESIGN, INC 14 VALLEY ST. DUXBURY, MA 02332

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