Estes Park, Longs Peak
by Eric Glaser
Title
Estes Park, Longs Peak
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
"Estes Park, Longs Peak"
Artist: Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1902)
Title: Estes Park, Longs Peak
Date: 1877
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 62 in (157.4 cm); Width: 98 in (248.9 cm)
Collection: Denver Art Museum, Denver Colorado USA
(Lent by the Denver Public Library, Western History Division)
Exhibition History:
"BackStory: Western American Art in Context"—History Colorado, 3/18/2017 - 2/11/2018
Inscriptions: BL "Bierstadt" in paint
Estes Park, Longs Peak by Albert Bierstadt was created as a commission by Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, the fourth Earle of Dunraven of Ireland, and an original landowner of thousands of acres in and around Estes Park, many of which now make up a large portion of the park.
Bierstadt was an academically trained artist and his paintings typically symbolized the discovery and exploration of the American wilderness. His painting Estes Park, Longs Peak represents a romanticized style of landscape painting and bears exaggerated details characteristic of Bierstadt’s art, such as the added height of Longs Peak and the dramatic clouds.
Text Credit: Denver Art Museum
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Paul Hermans)
Additional image editing by Eric Glaser
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March 21st, 2021
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