Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 ... by Albert Bierstadt, painter: Moat Mountain Intervale New Hampshire Yosemite Valley Conway Valley Kansas Sierra Nevada Wolf River Surveyors Wagon in the Rockies ... same painter, Albert Bierstadt - that's where I live: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 I usually don't go in for these sorts of landscape paintings and wouldn't hang 'em on my wall in my house. But that said, these paintings really capture the beauty and majesty of the American landscapes well, and have a good sense of atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 It is a beautiful world indeed that we live in. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 One thing for sure is that we have a seriously beautiful country. It's a big, large country with diverse landscapes - beaches, mountains, lakes, streams, waterfalls, deserts, rainforests, plains, and so much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 same painter, Albert Bierstadt - that's where I liveNice back yard. Good stuff. A few years ago I drove from Florida to Minnesota for my neice's HS graduation. I'd done that trip many times previously, so it was no big deal. However, that time I took a detour on the way home. I drove south into Iowa, and instead of turning left, back to Florida I turned right and spent two weeks driving through Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and, finally Florida. I didn't have nearly enough time and want to do it again. Utah is AMAZING. Some pix from the amazing journey: http://www.pbase.com/rking401/2004_trip Many of the pix were shot through the windows of the moving car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bierstadt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members monstermaker Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 Fantastic paintings. A couple of them would look good on my walls.Check out Frederic Edwin Church's paintings of South American jungles. Also wonderful stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 Sure is a beautiful country - yesterday they were replaying Cat Ballou on TV - what stunning countryside that movie was shot in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 Sure is a beautiful country - yesterday they were replaying Cat Ballou on TV - what stunning countryside that movie was shot in. I look forward to going to Australia some day, speaking of beautiful. Part of your Australian coast reminds me of Big Sur: Big Sur (Central California coast) But yeah, we're seriously lucky. We've got a gorgeous country. So many times we go on a trip, even if it's just within California, I'm in awe of the landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 Yup - I think Australia should be the next country on your list Ken. When you consider that 80% of all the wildlife you see on land and in the ocean is unique to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 You know what part of it is? My girlfriend is dying to go to Australia (and NZ). But she can almost never get off work for as long as I do. So I go to other places that she's not so interested in going. That's a large part of the hold-up. Well, that and it's not super cheap to go to Australia/NZ. So we go on these short little trips to Central California or wherever, plus our annual trip out to see her parents in West Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 well it recently got a lot cheaper Ken when our dollar dived :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted October 19, 2008 Members Share Posted October 19, 2008 I've seen some Bierstadt paintings up close-there are some at the Whitney Museum of Western Art in Cody, WY (in the same building as the Winchester Gun Collection, the Plains Indian Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum). These paintings are HUGE-something like 7 or 8 feet wide. They're amazing. Wind River 7' x 5' Another Wind river Mt Rainier Washington- 7' x 5' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted October 20, 2008 Members Share Posted October 20, 2008 I enjoy Ansel Adams work of the Western landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted October 20, 2008 Members Share Posted October 20, 2008 Thanks for those, Mein Gnadiger Herrn von Hagenwil. Yes, Bierstadt was fabulous. I got to see a retrospective of his at the Palace of Fine Arts in SF back in the early 90's... You must come to Texas: parts of Texas still look like this (despite the earnest endeavours of Wal-Mart and Shamrock). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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