Coyne featured at Front Street Gallery Sep 4, 2008
Coyne s influences include American landscape artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Church and Thomas Cole. Working in a representational style, Coyne s seascapes and landscapes of the shorelines and salt marshes of the South Shore to Cape Cod and the Islands are the subjects of many of his oil paintings. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Yosemite Valley Landscape Commemorated on Postage Aug 17, 2008
Albert Bierstadt's Valley of the Yosemite gets stamp of approval HARTFORD, Conn ... The stamp image is based on an 1864 oil-on-paperboard painting by landscape artist Albert Bierstadt ... The Albert Bierstadt: Valley of the Yosemite stamp, as the eighth issuance in the American Treasures series, is available nationwide today. (PR Newswire)
Artist Albert Bierstadt Aug 11, 2008
German-born Albert Bierstadt's vast, romantic paintings captured the spirit and promise of the early American West. Born in Solingen, Germany on January 7, 1830, Albert Bierstadt immigrated to the United States with his parents as a small child, settling in Massachusetts. (Suite101.com)
Art museum makeover is a visual masterpiece Jul 18, 2008
Albert Bierstadt s sun-drenched 1866 painting Yosemite Valley includes a chiseled profile of the fabled Half Dome. It s fascinating to note that the conflict between development and preservation was as much an issue then as it is today. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Kelly New Deputy Director at NGA May 3, 2008
He helped the museum in acquiring Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon (1816) by John Martin (1789-1854), Italian Coast Scene with Ruined Tower (1838) by Thomas Cole (1801-1848), Lake Lucerne (1858) by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Home, Sweet Home (ca. 1863) by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), The Old Violin (1886) by William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) and (ca. (Suite101.com)
'Remington Looking West' recalls the end of an era Apr 15, 2008
Albert Bierstadt painted sweeping Western vistas from the 1850s to the 1870s. But the sharp, concise exhibit "Remington Looking West" that curator Cody Hartley has organized at the Clark Art Institute reminds us that Remington painted the Wild West that became the stuff of pop-culture legend. (Boston Globe)
New Currier Museum of Art Opens Apr 11, 2008
Shown along with these are works of 18th- and 19th-century American artists from the Hudson River School, including Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole. European Paintings and American Sculpture. (Suite101.com)
No finer arts around than at these college museums Mar 16, 2008
Today, American art, particularly from the 19th and 20th centuries, remains the museum's strength and is represented by Hudson River School landscapes, folk art, and paintings by Albert Bierstadt, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, and Sargent. Equally impressive are the extensive holdings of European art from the same period. (Boston Globe)
Bette Davis puts stamp on mail Jan 18, 2008
Artist Albert Bierstadt, featuring his painting Valley of the Yosemite. Latin Jazz, with a tropical evening scene. (Globe and Mail)
Buffalo Bill Historical Center sends art to Italy Jan 2, 2008
Besaw will speak at a related symposium in Brescia in April, discussing Wyoming and Yellowstone as the subject of landscape artists Albert Bierstadt and Moran. But she said she's also curious to see how Buffalo Bill is presented in the show. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Postal Service Previews 2008 Stamps Dec 28, 2007
American Treasures: Albert Bierstadt Add the beauty of Yosemite to your mail with the eighth issuance in the American Treasures series next August. Art director Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, chose "Valley of the Yosemite, " an 1864 oil-on-paperboard painting by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902). (PR Newswire)
Coming soon to a letter near you: New 2008 stamps Dec 28, 2007
" American Scientists: Theoretical physicist John Bardeen, who co-invented the transistor; biochemist Gerty Cori, who made important discoveries that later became the basis for our knowledge of how cells use food and convert it into energy; astronomer Edwin Hubble, whose meticulous studies of spiral nebulae proved the existence of galaxies other than our own Milky Way; and chemist Linus Pauling, who determined the nature of the chemical bond linking atoms into molecules and did pioneering work... (Florida Today)
The eyes have it: Bette Davis stars on stamp Dec 28, 2007
Artist Albert Bierstadt, featuring his painting Valley of the Yosemite. . (MSNBC -- News)
Library of Congress picks 25 more movies for film registry Dec 28, 2007
Among the other new postage stamps scheduled for next year include Year of the Rat in January, marking the Chinese lunar new year; Charles W. Chesnutt, a pioneering writer recognized today as a major innovator among literary realists who probed the color line in American life; and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Yearling" and her memoir "Cross Creek"; Vintage Black Cinema set based on posters for five early movies; "The Art of Disney: Imagination,"... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Feathers, sequins and the noble white man Oct 19, 2007
In the bookcase behind us, his collection of catalogues includes tomes on European art (David, Girodet, Piranesi), the art of the American West (Albert Bierstadt is a favourite) and Canadian art (Krieghoff), as well as a biography of Maria Callas and copies of Homosexuality in Art and The Male Nude, this last one tagged throughout with brightly coloured Post-its. The shelf also includes catalogues of contemporary aboriginal art shows in which Monkman has appeared, such as the catalogue... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Oh Say Can You See: American Art from the West Foundation Collection Oct 19, 2007
Significant examples by landscape painters such as Albert Bierstadt, Edward Moran, Jasper Cropsey and Sanford R. Gifford will grace the walls of the Thomas H. Jacobsen Gallery of American Art. Among the masterpieces in this collection will be a gorgeous view of the Via Appia, the ancient section of the great Roman road that led to Southern Italy by the American artist John Linton Chapman. (Florida Times-Union)
$135 million house has trouble selling... Jul 2, 2007
There are few proclamations of grandiosity beyond the occasional artwork, like the Albert Bierstadt painting that hangs over the main fireplace. (It does not come with the house. (The Drudge Report)
The Biggest Little Artown Jul 1, 2007
If you're looking for an impressive souvenir, works by famous Western artists such as Russell, Frederic Remington, Frank McCarthy, Albert Bierstadt and Andrew Wyeth will be up for bids at the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction of Reno. Named for the city that used to be its host, the auction has been a part of Artown for eight years and, according to auction partner and auctioneer Peter Stremmel, it's the largest art auction in the country outside of New York. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
National Gallery celebrates the Mellon legacy (Ann Geracimos and Kevin Chaffee) May 25, 2007
A relative recalled that Catherine Conover, daughter of the late Paul Mellon, was once "seen howling like a coyote in front of a painting by artist Albert Bierstadt." That was one of the youthful escapades enjoyed by the daughter of the National Gallery of Art's esteemed benefactor and trustee, whose legacy was celebrated Wednesday evening by 230 patrons and guests at an elaborate black-tie dinner. The teller of the tale was Lavinia Currier, granddaughter of Mr. Mellon's sister, Ailsa Mellon... (Washington Times, DC)
Art professor has solo exhibit at de Young Jan 8, 2007
Using custom software I search the Internet for images based on titles of paintings by Hudson River School painters -- people such as Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, and Thomas Moran, said Anderson. The software returns everyday snapshots of the places represented in the paintings. (US Santa Cruz Currents, CA)
Selling some artworks ensures the gallery's future Dec 5, 2006
Examples are: 1) the first work to enter the collection in 1863, an 1859 Albert Bierstadt landscape; 2) A. Conger Goodyear's early 20th century acquisitions of Cezanne, Gauguin and Picasso; 3) acquisitions of Miro, Matisse and Modigliani by the Toom of Contemporary Art Fund, founded in 1939; 4) trailblazing acquisitions by Seymour H. Knox Jr. and director Gordon Smith from 1955 to 1973 for the museum's world-famous collections of abstract expressionism, pop art, op art and minimalism. The... (Buffalo News -- Opinion)
Let there be sight Nov 13, 2006
In the best of their work, like "Pillars of Creation," showing star-forming clouds in the Eagle nebula, space takes on the majesty of Western landscapes by artists like Albert Bierstadt. Along the way, the Hubble became the people's telescope. (Hamilton Spectator)
'Yosemite' Art of an American Icon Oct 12, 2006
Other early painters, such as Albert Bierstadt, conveyed a similar sense of scale, with tiny figures in the foreground to show the immensity of the landmarks, and bathed their works in the lush peaches and golds of the Hudson River School. Early photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge lugged their primitive equipment up steep trails with teams of mules, creating what were among the first landscapes in the medium. (Los Angeles Times)
Mint Museum's exhibit a 'stroke of genius' Oct 4, 2006
This touring show offers a rare opportunity to see major works by American artists who are perhaps less familiar than Hopper but no less deserving -- Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church and Mary Cassatt, for instance. ALSO ON THE DON'T-MISS LIST. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Entertainment)
L.A.'s Baldessari Has Fun at the Hirshhorn Sep 24, 2006
American landscape painter Albert Bierstadt is known for dramatic Western mountain-scapes 6 feet by 10 feet and larger. So Baldessari hangs a Bierstadt: a 5-inch by 9-inch painting of an iceberg at night. (Los Angeles Times)
Night Vision Aug 17, 2006
However, both the written word of luminaries such as Conrad and the painted visions of night by artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Georgia O'Keeffe come together in a new exhibit opening Tuesday at the Yale University Art Gallery: "To Know the Dark: American Artists' Visions of Night." It is an exploration of the many ways artists have captured the evocative - and sometimes haunting - period from the time the sun goes down to when it rises again. "Of all the times of day, night has the... (CTNow.com)
Click for story Jul 29, 2006
At its very beginnings, the great landscape artist Albert Bierstadt encouraged the curious public to peep through opera glasses at his vast Western landscapes as they would later peep at the nickelodeon. Campbell's introduction ably makes its way through the brief histories of the Santa Fe and Taos art colonies. (Durango Herald)
Framing America Jul 2, 2006
NIKKI KAHN/WASHINGTON POST Albert Bierstadt painted Among the Sierra Nevada, California in London, using sketches of Swiss mountains and bits and pieces of Western wilderness ... That was when the German-born painter and showman Albert Bierstadt had cobbled together his giant American painting while he was in London, using sketches of Swiss mountains and bits and pieces of Western wilderness and traditional ideas of what a beautiful landscape painting should look like. (The State)
Millicent Library lauds restored painting's return Jun 12, 2006
The painting by Albert Bierstadt, who is best known for his panoramic landscapes of the West, was cleaned and given a fresh coat of varnish at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, according to library curator Albert F. Benac. The frame was also cleaned and stabilized. (The Standard-Times, MA)
