Albert Bierstadt

A cool 67 degrees and overcast.  It's supposed to pour buckets today... nary a sprinkle as of yet.

Artist from New Bedford, Massachusetts

I've mentioned this in my blog entries many times before, but the Whaling/Textile/Fishing Capital of the world, New Bedford, was the home to many famous painters.  One of them was Albert Bierstadt.  Although born in Germany, he was brought up in New Bedford.  One of his paintings, Gosnold at Cuttyhunk has a local subject and was painted when he was 28 years old. 

Albert Bierstadt (1830 to 1902)

Here are pictures of a couple of his works.  Just look at the detail.  Amazing draftsman, recognized in Europe as well as the United States as a master landscape artist.

El Capitan, Yosemite.  Painted around 1870.

Emerald Pool. Painted in 1870.  I believe that it received a prize in Vienna.  Europeans loved his work.

I'll add some more examples of his work when I figure out how to work my "clipping" tool.

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