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Vue des montagnes Rocheuses : le Lander's Peak

1863
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760
C’est en peignant les Rocheuses qu'Albert Bierstadt, né en Allemagne, se fit véritablement connaître comme le peintre de l’Ouest américain. Inspirée d’une expédition de 1859 en compagnie du colonel Frederic W. Lander, dans ce qui est de nos jours le Wyoming et l’Utah, cette toile contribua à promouvoir l’idée que la nation américaine avait ses propres frontières à conquérir, alimentant ainsi la conviction déjà très répandue d’une Manifest Destiny, ou destinée manifeste, selon laquelle les États-Unis étaient, par volonté divine, maîtres du continent. La composition symétrique est renforcée par de simples contrastes lumineux. On note au premier plan un campement d’Indiens shoshone. Acclamé par le public, ce grand tableau fit de Bierstadt un rival de Frederic Church, considéré jusque-là comme le premier des paysagistes américains.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Vue des montagnes Rocheuses : le Lander's Peak
  • Artiste: Albert Bierstadt, Américain, 1830–1902
  • Date: 1863
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 1,87 x 3,07 m
  • Crédits: Fonds Rogers, 1907
  • Accession Number: 07.123
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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