SOLD Sunrise
by Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)4⅛ x 6½ inches
Monographed lower right: AB
Provenance
Private collection
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, March 16, 1995, lot 42, from above
Suzanne and Stanley S. Arkin, acquired from above
Sale, Sotheby’s New York, New York, January 19, 2024, lot 1, from above
Related Work
Sunset on the Hudson, ca. 1870s, oil on paper mounted on masonite, 9¾ x 8⅜ inches; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
Note: This work is included in the database being compiled for the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work by Melissa Webster Speidel. In a letter of opinion, which accompanies this painting, Speidel describes, “The lateral strokes of paint used to describe the sky and clouds along with the stippling brushwork to describe the foliage of the trees are characteristic of Bierstadt’s work.,” continuing, “It is a lovely scene. The fact that even in this small format the artist creates a convincingly three-dimensional landscape attests to his skill as a painter.”
Artist Biography
Master Hudson River School painter of the American West
By William Tylee Ranney Abbott
Albert Bierstadt was one of the most acclaimed and internationally recognized American landscape artists of his time. His paintings, characterized by magnificent and grandiose landscapes, exemplify the romantic and economically robust culture of late nineteenth-century America.
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