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BIERSTADT, Albert: On the Sweetwater near the Devil\’s Gate

🖼 On the Sweetwater near the Devil\’s Gate, 1860
New York, United States

Golden light bathes a vast Rocky Mountain valley, where a river winds through towering peaks rendered in meticulous detail. Bierstadt's panoramic landscape epitomizes the Hudson River School's celebration of American wilderness as sublime, untamed grandeur during westward expansion.

Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt
Peter H. Hassrick
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