Mountain Landscape with Trees (from Sketchbook)
1890
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (12.1 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
1995.379.4y recto
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled within Albert Bierstadt's sketchbook, *Mountain Landscape with Trees* (1890) captures the artist's enduring fascination with the sublime American wilderness. Bierstadt, a leading figure of the Hudson River School, renowned for his grand, luminist oil paintings of majestic mountains and vast frontiers, inspired by his expeditions to the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite. This intimate graphite drawing on wove paper—measuring just 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches—offers a rare glimpse into his preparatory process, distilling rugged peaks, dense trees, and atmospheric depth into swift, evocative lines. R...
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 ...