Canadian Landscape with Mountains and Trees (from Sketchbook)
1890
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
4 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (11.7 x 19.7 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Marguerite H. Rohlfs, 1995
Accession Number
1995.379.4o recto
Tags
Art Historical Context
Albert Bierstadt, a leading figure of the Hudson River School and of Romantic landscape painting, captured the sublime beauty of North America's wild terrains in works like this delicate 1890 sketch, *Canadian Landscape with Mountains and Trees*.rawn late in his career during one of his extensive sketching expeditions, it depicts the rugged majesty of Canadian peaks and dense forests—echoing his iconic Rocky Mountain vistas but in a more intimate, portable format from his sketchbook. At just 4 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches, it reflects Bierstadt's practice of on-site studies, which served as vital refere...
About the Artist
Albert Bierstadt · 1830–1902
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) was a German-American landscape painter renowned for his monumental, luminous depictions of the American West. As a prominent member of the second generation of the Hudson River School and the Rocky Mountain School, Bierstadt created sweeping panoramas that captured the sublime grandeur of untamed wilderness with unprecedented theatrical scale and romantic vision. His ...