Sketchbook
Albert Bierstadt · 1881 · bound volume of forty-six graphite drawings
Public domain
Open Access image from the National Gallery of Art, marked free for any use.
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About this picture
Sketchbook is a public-domain drawing by Albert Bierstadt, dated 1881. Bound volume of forty-six graphite drawings. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Sketchbook” (1881) is a western landscape made large and theatrical after Bierstadt traveled with survey expeditions. The mountains are real. The light is often staged.
About the artist
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) painted large, theatrical views of the American West after traveling with survey expeditions. The light is often staged, even when the mountains are real.
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