Travelers in Emigrants Crossing the Plains by Albert Bierstadt

can not believe. Our speed is faster than ever - even if we are not right from dawn, until evening covers nearly 10 miles. From 4 am, we started moving. When our cows, some awkward Indians block the road, I know that my father and his friend are dealing with this problem. Today, I also made my breakfast, we call Johnnycake. You mixed salt and water, and some corn meal, I heard, because in the 1730 's they have eaten these things. I ended quickly, and his father went with me before.

In the case of more than a century, Albert Bierstadt (Albert Bierstadt) swept mountain is covered with snow, capture the public with a spectacular sunset, a colorful Indian tribe and a romantic vision depicting buffalo and wander the plain Imagination I am exploring this vast and beautiful continent, waiting for conquering and seeing. Today the beauty and dramatic depictions of landscape in the western part of the spectacular wilderness, Bürstadt almost gone with that heritage has brought a new meaning for Americans a new generation.

Bieestad (1830-1902) was born in Germany and moved to Massachusetts State with his parents at the age of two. In the early twenties, he studied art in Dusseldorf, Germany. He spent his life moving among major draws for collectors in the US and Europe, individuals. Between 1889 and 1859, he traversed the west at six different opportunities, depicting inspiration as many of his paintings (Encarta 2000). During his visit, Albert painted a number of sketches that later became the basis of his work. Bürstadt's younger brother is a photographer who moves himself throughout the United States and accompanies him to see the scenery from the photographs. Albert was forced to draw people in the east, a natural landscape. Bieestad's painting combines the influence of Europe and the United States. In a large background Albert, his depiction of the Alps mountains tend to have a taste (Encarta 2000)

Bielestad (Albert Bierstadt) Exquisite paintings, spectacular views of the border that caused the market to hot pursuits in the 1860s. Many of Europe 's immigrants in this country as work of this kind also affected America' s image as a promised land in the same way. When paintings were exhibited in Boston, a critic thought that this work of the landscape was a novel invention of the Bürstadt Western sketch. However, the author believes what it represents "not, indeed if so, how should our landscape be?"