Albert Bierstadt was ... Prussia, Bierstadt's family immigrated to New Bedford, MA in 1831. In his early 20s, Bierstadt traveled to Düsseldorf, Germany to gain deeper knowledge and skill of painting, ...

Though Albert Bierstadt did sketch in the Rockies, his "Mount Corcoran" (1877) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art is obviously a studio work, and a confection. The weathered log suggesting mortality ...