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| Keywords: Bierstadt LandersPeak 1863.jpg Artwork Q7761325 Creator Albert Bierstadt The Rocky Mountains Lander's Peak 1863 oil on canvas cm 186 7 306 7 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City Rogers Fund 1907 07 123 This painting is the major work that resulted from the artist's first trip to the West His intention to create panoramic views of the American frontier was apparent by December 1858 just before he embarked on the trip In early 1859 he accompanied a government survey expedition headed by Frederick W Lander to the Nebraska Territory By summer the party had reached the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains in what is now Wyoming Bierstadt dubbed the central mountain in the picture Lander's Peak following the colonel's death in the Civil War This was one of a number of large works painted after Bierstadt's return from these travels It was completed in 1863 exhibited to great acclaim and purchased in 1865 for the then-astounding sum of 25 000 by James McHenry an American living in London Bierstadt later bought it back and gave or sold it to his brother Edward www metmuseum org www metmuseum org Other versions tump 200px PD-old-100 Landscape paintings of the United States by Albert Bierstadt Paintings of Native Americans by Albert Bierstadt Rocky Mountains in art Lander's Peak 19th-century mountain paintings Horses of Native Americans in art Landers Tipis in art Wind River Range 1863 paintings in the United States 1860s landscape paintings Albert Bierstadt Paintings by Albert Bierstadt | ||||
