biography
pronunciation:
[beershtat]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1830–1902)
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| biography:
| Painter, born near Düsseldorf, W Germany. He studied art at Düsseldorf (1853–7), then settled in New York City. He became associated with the Hudson River School, painting Romantic panoramic landscapes in which truth to topographical detail was secondary to dramatic and awe-inspiring effect. His paintings of the Rocky Mts gained him great popularity. |
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