Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping

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s of the

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. He joined several journeys of the

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to paint the scenes. Bierstadt became part of the second generation of the Hudson River School in

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, an informal group of like-minded painters who started painting along the Hudson River. Their style was based on carefully detailed paintings with

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, almost glowing lighting, sometimes called '' luminism''. Bierstadt was an important interpreter of the western landscape, and he is also grouped with the Rocky Mountain School. Many of his works depict natural formations within National Parks, such as

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and Yellowstone.

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Inventories of American Painting (IAP), Smithsonian Institution Research Information System(SIRIS)
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