1
_ID%20%3D%20%22214%22
Painting
The Sierras Near Lake Tahoe, California
Albert Bierstadt, 1830 - 1902
Bierstadt, Albert
United States
1830 - 1902
Male
14 15/16 x 21 1/16 in. (38 x 53.5 cm)
.
.
.
approximate installation dimensions
frame
.
.
.
without frame
Oil
Oil
1865
1865
1865
1800-1900, 19th century, deer, landscapes, mountains, paintings
Painting
Bierstadt was one of the most gifted artists to depict the stunning mountain views of the expanding frontier, far west of the Hudson River region that had inspired earlier American landscape painters. He was a member of the generation of artist-explorers who traveled with expeditions or in their footsteps and recorded the visual experience. MAG's painting quietly but masterfully convinces us of the grandeur of mountains and sky by including the tiny deer to give a sense of scale, and by suffusing the surface of the painting with a warm, glowing palette.
lower leftverso, centerverso, upper left, 'No.' is painted over an illegible word.verso
1992.78
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
92.78TR1
Transparency
Memorial Art Gallery
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
92.78SL1
slide
full
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
8 x 10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
5 x 7
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
glossy
back
8 x 10
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
back
2 x 3
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
4 x 5
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
92.78DI1
digital image
Memorial Art Gallery
Imaging complete
6/26/2000
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/92.78_A1.jpg
92.78SL2
slide
detail-slightly cropped
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
92.78SL3
slide
detail-mountain
2 x 2
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
negative
color
1 x 1
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Graphics/blank.gif
92.78_A2.jpg
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/92.78_A2.jpg
M425_p85(10).tif
digital image
00/00/00
http://127.0.0.1:5000/Media/images/SeeingAmerica/M425_p85(10).tif