Indian Encampment, Mono Lake, California
Artist
Albert Bierstadt
(American, 1830-1902)
Date19th Century
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 14 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (35.9 x 51.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of Carl C. Busch, 1986
Object numberMF86.6
Born in Prussia, Bierstadt immigrated to America with his family at the age of two and spent his childhood in Massachusetts. A principal figure in the establishment of the Hudson River School, Bierstadt and his colleagues sought to establish a specifically American tradition of painting that would capture the sublime nature of the national landscape. He made numerous trips across the continent and was most famous for his monumental paintings of mountain ranges and other geological landmarks of the American West.
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