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  1. Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Title: The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. Artist: Albert Bierstadt (American, Solingen 1830–1902 New York) Date: 1863. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 73 1/2 x 120 3/4 in. (186.7 x 306.7 cm) Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907. Accession Number: 07.123.

  2. Year. 1863. Medium. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 186.7 cm × 306.7 cm (73.5 in × 120.75 in) Location. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak is an 1863 landscape oil painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt.

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  4. On his first trip to the West in 1859 Bierstadt traveled from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to the Wind River Mountains with Colonel Frederick W. Landers's Honey Road Survey. In 1860 he exhibited Base of the Rocky Mountains (unlocated) at the National Academy of Design. In 1863 he traveled to San Francisco and on to Yosemite.

    • January 7, 1830
    • February 18, 1902
  5. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863 by Albert Bierstadt. Courtesy of Albert-Bierstadt.com. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863 is the major work that resulted from the artist's first trip to the West. In spring 1859, he accompanied a government survey expedition, headed by Colonel Frederick W. Lander, to the Nebraska Territory.

  6. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. This painting secured Bierstadt's position as the foremost American landscape painter of his day. It was produced in his New York studio based on sketches and photographs he produced during the 1859 survey expedition to the Rocky Mountains.

    • German-American
    • January 7, 1830
    • Solingen, Rhine Province, Germany
    • February 18, 1902
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  7. Learn more about this artwork. Details. Title: The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. Creator: Albert Bierstadt. Date Created: 1863. Physical Dimensions: 73 1/2 x 120 3/4 in. (186.7 x...

  8. Bierstadt Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park. Because of Bierstadt's interest in mountain landscapes, Mount Bierstadt and Bierstadt Lake in Colorado are named in his honor. Bierstadt was probably the first European to visit the summit of Mount Blue Sky in 1863, 1.5 miles from Mount Bierstadt. [32]

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