The Rocky Mountains (painting)

The Rocky Mountains is an 1866 oil on canvas painting by a German-American painter Albert Bierstadt, a painter of Westward Expansion scenes in the latter 19th century. It is a landscape painted in a Luminist style.

The Rocky Mountains
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ArtistAlbert Bierstadt
Year1866
MediumOil on canvas

Description

Towering mountains are on the right and a lake is in the center; both are below a wispy, cloudy sky.[1]

See also

References

  1. Book: American Foundational Myths, ISBN 3-8233-4689-X
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