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Image of View of the Wetterhorn from the Valley of Grindelwald

Bookmark: https://collection.sdmart.org/objects-1/info/1767

View of the Wetterhorn from the Valley of Grindelwald

Albert Bierstadt, American (born Germany), (January 7, 1830–February 18, 1902)

Creation date: ca. 1869
Creation place: Europe

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund T. Price
Accession Number: 1958.11
Dimensions: 28 1/8 in. x 19 3/8 in. (71.44 cm x 49.21 cm)
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Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund T. Price, San Diego, California ( - July 29, 1958)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (July 29, 1958 - )

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Albert Bierstadt created sweeping landscapes, and his canvases often feature the American West. He frequently presented the natural terrain as relatively untrammeled space. Bierstadt maintained a studio in New York, where he worked on his final product. Though he is best known for his paintings of the American landscape, View of the Wetterhorn from the Valley of Grundelwald is representative of one of the many trips he took to Europe. The Wetterhorn is a mountain (12,113 feet tall) located in the valley of Grindelwald in Switzerland. The ascent of the Wetterhorn in the mid-nineteenth century sparked interest in the Swiss Alps among the general public and inspired numerous leading European artists of the previous generation, foremost among them the British master of atmospheric landscape painting Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851).
Last Updated: 3/11/2019

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Looking at America: An Exhibition Featuring Selections from the San Diego Museum Charles H. MacNider Museum , 8/21/1992 - 10/4/1992

Art of the United States The San Diego Museum of Art , 3/24/2013 - 10/22/2013

Modern and Contemporary , 12/21/2013 - 00/00/00

Art of the Americas San Diego Museum of Art , 12/23/2013 - 00/00/00

American Art The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/26/2016 - 8/15/2021

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