In 1859
Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not ...
accompanied
Frederick W. Lander
Frederick William Lander (December 17, 1821 – March 2, 1862) was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet.
Birth and early years
Lander was born in Salem, Massachu ...
on a western expedition. On his return he painted a mountain landscape on a large canvas, ''
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
''The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak'' is an 1863 landscape oil painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt. It is based on sketches made during Bierstadt's travels with Frederick W. Lander's Honey Road Survey Party in 1859. The ...
'' . Following the death of General Lander during the Civil War in 1862, Bierstadt named the peak Lander's Peak.
The painting was completed in 1863 and sold in 1865 for $25,000.
References
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Mountains of Wyoming
Mountains of Sublette County, Wyoming