Details

Title

Pioneers of the Woods, California

Artist/Maker

Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830–1902)

Date

ca. 1863

Medium

Oil on paper, mounted on canvas

Dimensions

19 x 25 15/16 inches

Credit

Gift of the Exposition Foundation

Accession #

71.27

On View

On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 3, Gallery 307

Albert Bierstadt enjoyed enormous popular success during his lifetime and is best known for his grandiose, panoramic views of the American West. His small preparatory oil sketches, however—such as Pioneers of the Woods, California—reveal a vivacity and directness not always found in the larger works. This study was made during Bierstadt’s second journey West, when he passed through a region of the Yosemite Valley noted for its giant oak trees.

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