Black Hills, Colorado / Albert Bierstadt

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Black Hills, Colorado

Creator(s):

Albert Bierstadt (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1876

Period:

Hudson River School

Materials/Techniques:

oil on paper

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Oil Painting

Accession No:

01.28

Previous Number(s):

0136.28; 3374; 25467

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall (Canvas):

Height: 19in. (48.3cm)
Width: 24 1/2in. (62.2cm)

Framed:

Height: 22 1/8in. (56.2cm)
Width: 27 5/8in. (70.2cm)
Depth: 1 7/8in. (4.8cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Albert Bierstadt

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Bierstadt, Albert

Birth Date:

1830

Death Date:

1902

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American painter, 1830-1902

Gender:

male

Note:

Bierstadt was one of the most important landscape painters of the American West, producing large, romantic canvases of the Rocky Mountains, the Yosemite Valley, and the Native American tribes of the West. He also owned a successful photography business with his brothers, Charles and Edward, that operated in New York City from 1860 to 1866. Comment on works: Landscapes

Marks and Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Inscribed in pencil, "Black Hills, Colorado" on verso; Inscribed in pencil, "A Bierstadt New York" on verso

Signed: Signed in red paint, "ABierstadt" in lower right

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Black Hills, Colorado, hills, landscapes (environments), oil paintings, pasteboard, trees

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Bierstadt, Albert. Black Hills, Colorado. 01.28. 1876. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0128 (04/17/2019).

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Marks and Inscriptions

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