The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak

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The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak is a monumental 1863 landscape painting by Albert Bierstadt that exemplifies the dramatic, idealized depictions of the American West characteristic of the Hudson River School.

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instanceOf landscape painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance iconic example of 19th-century American landscape painting ⓘ
major work of the Hudson River School tradition ⓘ
artStyle Romanticism ⓘ
colorPalette luminous atmospheric effects ⓘ
commissionedBy not specifically commissioned; painted for exhibition and sale ⓘ
composition central mountain peak framed by lower foreground elements ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Albert Bierstadt ⓘ
culturalContext 19th-century American expansion westward ⓘ
depictionStyle highly detailed ⓘ
idealized rather than strictly topographical ⓘ
depicts Lander Peak ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
depictsEthnicGroup Native Americans ⓘ
depictsTimeOfDay daytime with strong sunlight ⓘ
describedAs dramatic depiction of the American West ⓘ
idealized landscape ⓘ
exhibitionHistory exhibited in New York City in the 1860s ⓘ
firstOwner private collector in the 19th century ⓘ
genre landscape art ⓘ
hasPart Native American encampment ⓘ
dramatic sky ⓘ
lake ⓘ
snow-capped peaks ⓘ
waterfall ⓘ
inception 1863 ⓘ
influencedBy Hudson River School aesthetics ⓘ
linked to: Hudson River School
lighting dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ
locationDepicted Wind River Range ⓘ
Wyoming Territory ⓘ
mainSubject American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

mountain landscape ⓘ
materialUsed canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement Hudson River School ⓘ
notableWorkOf Albert Bierstadt ⓘ
originalLanguage none ⓘ
perspective panoramic view ⓘ
significantEvent helped establish Bierstadt's reputation as a leading painter of the American West ⓘ
theme American frontier ⓘ
manifest destiny ⓘ
sublime nature ⓘ

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Albert Bierstadt → notableWork → The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak ⓘ
Albert Bierstadt → notableWork → The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak ⓘ
subject linked to: Albert
Lander Peak → featuredInWork → The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak ⓘ
linked to: The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
Albert Bierstadt → notableWork → The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak ⓘ
subject linked to: Lander Peak
linked to: The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak