Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada, California
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Helen Huntington Hull, granddaughter of William Brown Dinsmore, who acquired the painting in 1873 for "The Locusts," the family estate in Dutchess County, New York · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Albert Bierstadt

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

1868

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
183 × 305 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-134529

Albert Bierstadt's beautifully crafted paintings played to a hot market in the 1860s for spectacular views of the nation's frontiers. Bierstadt was an immigrant and hardworking entrepreneur who had grown rich pairing his skill as a painter with a talent for self-promotion. He unveiled his canvases as theatrical events, selling tickets and planting news stories—strategies that one critic described…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Helen Huntington Hull, granddaughter of William Brown Dinsmore, who acquired the painting in 1873 for "The Locusts," the family estate in Dutchess County, New York

Registry history

  • 1868 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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