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Albert Bierstadt

Landscape on the Rhine, 1854

Description

Maker

  • Albert Bierstadt, 1830-1902, American

Title

Landscape on the Rhine

Year

1854

Medium

Graphite and opaque watercolor on beige paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • graphite,
  • watercolor

Supports

  • Tan paper

Dimensions

25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, LL on barrel.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Alfred T. Morris, Jr.

Object Number

1993.106.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Albert Bierstadt made this drawing of a cooperage (barrel maker) during a sketching trip along the Rhine in the spring of 1854. Emphasizing the foreground, he precisely rendered the costumes and phases of barrel-making, as well as a picturesque old stone structure, perhaps the forge. His future focus on landscape is suggested by the cliffs in the distance, depicted by leaving the tan paper blank and filling in the sky with opaque white wash.

Known for his majestic landscapes of the American West, Bierstadt was trained in Germany at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he learned accurate draftsmanship and the truthful rendering of natural forms.

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