Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1982.15032 |
Collection |
Painting Collection |
Title |
Steamboat Geyser, Yellowstone |
Date |
Circa 1881 |
Artist |
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) |
Signature |
ABierstadt |
Signature Location |
Bottom of canvas, viewer's right |
Description |
Albert Bierdstadt patinted Steamboat Geyser, Yellowstone after a trip to the region in 1881. "This is not the first season…[in] the Rocky Mountains," wrote Bierdstadt for the New York Express in 1881, "but it is my first introduction to the geysers of Yellowstone...We encamped near the geysers, and hence the heat of the boiling water warmed the atmosphere about us. The scene when looking from our tents out into the cool moonlight air, with the silvery spray of the geysers spreading out over the landscape, and the cascades falling from the cliffs in the distance, was very beautiful. I have several sketches here which I intend as jogs to my memory..." |
Medium |
Oil, Canvas |
Technique |
Painted |
Height (in) |
32.165 |
Width (in) |
24.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Hudson River School |
Place of Origin |
New York, New York, United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Mrs. Vincent L. Sylliaasen and Mr. and Mrs. Willis B. Bailey |
People |
Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. Willis B. Sylliaasen, Mrs. Vincent L. |
Search Terms |
19th Century American Art American Artists American Paintings Clouds Geysers Hills Hudson River School Landscapes Logs National Parks Oil Oil Paint Paintings Pine Trees Rivers Sky Steamboat Geyser Trees Water Yellowstone |
Location |
On view in the Shirley Gorsuch Gallery, 1st Floor |