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In the Foot Hills of the Rockies

Albert Bierstadt American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 765

Bierstadt’s oil sketch, In the Foot Hills of the Rockies, while not dated, relates in style and subject to a series of oil sketches of the Rocky Mountains that he made on or after his second trip west, in 1863. Here the artist concentrates on the foreground details of the lush greenery and fir trees and gradually moves toward the middle ground with rolling hills, and spiraling smoke signaling a Native American settlement. The distance has a more atmospheric effect through the artist’s use of white paint to indicate glaciers and snow packs that highlight the geological nature of the front range of the Rockies.

In the Foot Hills of the Rockies, Albert Bierstadt (American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York), Oil on paper laid down on canvas, American

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In the Foot Hills of the Rockies, Albert Bierstadt (American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York), Oil on paper laid down on canvas, American
In the Foot Hills of the Rockies, Albert Bierstadt (American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York), Oil on paper laid down on canvas, American

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