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Lot no. 1537
Albert Bierstadt Amerikanische Gebirgslandschaft Öl auf Leinwand. 36,5 x 28 cm. Monogrammiert unten rechts: AB (ligiert). Provenienz Privatbesitz Süddeutschland. Verso bezeichnet: A. Bierstadt. See Tahoe in Amerika. Albert Bierstadt wanderte mit seinen Eltern im Alter von zwei Jahren 1833 in die Vereinigten Staaten aus. Im Alter von zwanzig Jahren kehrte er nach Deutschland zurück, um bei Johann Peter Hasenclever, einem Cousin seiner Mutter, Malerei zu studieren. Da dieser aber bei seiner Ankunft bereits verstorben war, meldete sich Bierstadt zum Studium an der Düsseldorfer Akademie an, wo Carl Friedrich Lessing und Andreas Achenbach seine Lehrer wurden. 1857 kehrte er in die Vereinigten Staaten als erfahrener Landschaftsmaler zurück, um schon zwei Jahre später an einer offiziellen Expedition in den Westen des Landes teilzunehmen. Beeindruckt von den großartigen Gebirgslandschaften, ihren Seen, Flüssen und schneebedeckten Gipfeln entstanden seine ersten großen Landschaftsbilder, die ihn berühmt machten. 1863 erfolgte die zweite Reise in den Westen, das Erlebnis der Rocky Mountains, des Yosemite Valleys und des Columbia Rivers. Vor Ort malte Bierstadt kleinere Arbeiten auf Papier, Eindrücke, die er später im Atelier in größeren Gemälden ausführte. Obwohl die Werke fast immer eine konkret gesehene Landschaft darstellen, sind sie nie realistisch sondern romantisch gestimmt - komponiert um eine emotionale Wirkung zu erzeugen. Unser kleinformatiges Bild ist hierfür charakteristisch. Die letzten Sonnenstrahlen fallen auf den weißen Berggipfel, während sich auf dem stillen Bergsee mit den schattigen Ufern die einfallende Dämmerung ankündigt. Es ist diese Stimmung, der Bierstadts Interesse gilt, weniger der Landschaft als topographischer Ort. Trotz seines zeitgenössisch großen Erfolges waren Bierstadts Bilder zum Ende seines Lebens nicht mehr gefragt. Er starb verarmt 1902 in New York. Erst in den 60er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde er als einer der bedeutendsten Maler der sogenannten "Hudson River School" wiederentdeckt. Neben den monumentalen Leinwänden hat Bierstadt sehr viele kleinere Werke wie dieses geschaffen. Albert Bierstadt American Mountain Landscape Oil on canvas. 36.5 x 28 cm. Monogrammed lower right: AB (conjoined). Provenance South German private ownership. Inscribed to the reverse: A. Bierstadt. See Tahoe in Amerika. Albert Bierstadt emigrated to America with his parents in 1833 when he was two years old. He returned to Germany aged 20 to apprentice under his mother's cousin, the painter Johann Peter Hasenclever. However when he arrived, he found that Hasenclever had already passed away, so he instead enrolled as a pupil at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he was taught by Carl Friedrich Lessing and Andreas Achenbach. Bierstadt returned to the United States in 1857. By then an accomplished landscape painter, he took part on his first official expedition to the West of the continent two years later. He was enthralled by the magnificent mountain landscapes, lakes, rivers, and snow-capped peaks, capturing them in his first great landscape paintings which were an immediate success. Bierstadt undertook a second journey to the west in 1863 during which he visited the Rocky Mountains, Yosemite Valley and Columbia River. He made numerous small sketches whilst he was there, which he later used as the basis for the large paintings carried out in his studio. Although the works almost always depict a landscape which the artist actually saw, none of them are true to life and instead the components are rearranged to create a more Romantic image. The present small-scale image is characteristic of his oeuvre, depicting the last rays of the evening sun upon a white mountain peak as twilight sets in over the shadowy banks of the calm mountain lake. Bierstadt was more concerned with depicting atmosphere than with topographical accuracy. Despite his initial success, Bierstadt's works grew less sought after towards the end of his life, and he died impoverished in New York in 1902. His works were only rediscovered in the 1960s when he came to be regarded as one of the most important artists of the so-called Hudson River School. Alongside monumental canvasses, the artist also produced numerous works like this in a smaller format.
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