Small but Sublime: Albert Bierstadt’s Cabinet Paintings and Oil Studies investigates oil paintings of intimate scale descended in the family of the artist’s wife, Rosalie Osborn. Ranging in subject matter from Bierstadt’s extensive travels to imagined realms, the exhibition includes two cabinet paintings—highly finished, fully developed studio compositions—and two oil studies painted en plein air. Bierstadt achieved fame for his monumental landscapes inspired by his peripatetic adventures, such as Sunset Glow, Mount Shasta (1880s), also included in the exhibition. In contrast, the Osborn family works, which have never before been exhibited, reveal the painter’s capacity to surprise the viewer with ambitious scenes presented in a jewel-box scale for private interiors.
  • Albert Bierstadt, The Heron, undated

    Albert Bierstadt

    The Heron, undated
    Oil on panel
    11¾ x 17¾ inches
    29.8 x 45.1 cm
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    • Albert Bierstadt Mountain Scene, undated
      Albert Bierstadt
      Mountain Scene, undated
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  • Albert Bierstadt, Sunset Glow, Mount Shasta, 1880s

    Albert Bierstadt

    Sunset Glow, Mount Shasta, 1880s
    Oil on canvas on panel-back stretcher
    30 x 44 inches
    76.2 x 111.8 cm
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    • Albert Bierstadt Boats, 1879
      Albert Bierstadt
      Boats, 1879
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    • Albert Bierstadt Waterville Pond in Autumn, c. 1885
      Albert Bierstadt
      Waterville Pond in Autumn, c. 1885
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  • Thomas Buchanan Read, Portrait of Rosalie Osborn Bierstadt, 1868

    Thomas Buchanan Read

    Portrait of Rosalie Osborn Bierstadt, 1868
    Oil on canvas
    30 x 24 inches
    76.2 x 61 cm
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  • If you would enjoy learning more about the available works, please contact Alana Ricca at (212) 879-8815, or alana@schoelkopfgallery.com. We look forward to being in touch.