Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast

Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast is an 1870 oil landscape painting by the Hudson River School artist Albert Bierstadt. At the time of the work's completion, Bierstadt had not yet traveled to what was then Washington Territory. The work, commissioned by China trade merchant Abiel Abbot Low, was painted solely by written description of the Sound.[1]

Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast
ArtistAlbert Bierstadt
Year1870 (1870)
MovementHudson River School
SubjectPuget Sound
Dimensions52 1/2 x 82 in. (133.4 x 208.3 cm)
LocationSeattle Art Museum, Seattle
OwnerSeattle Art Museum

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References

  1. "PUGET SOUND ON THE PACIFIC COAST : 1870 : ALBERT BIERSTADT". Art.seattleartmuseum.org. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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