Albert Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt
Germany 1830-1902 New York,
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German born, Americanised young
for many years remained unsung.
Back to Dusseldorf as a young man
studying earnestly he began.
Four years later back to the states
teaching art with associates.
Success at the academy, a landscape
at last his carreer taking shape.
Technical proficiancy made his name,
one great painting fame.
Rocky Mountain, Landers Peak
radically distinctive, unique.
Grandeur and pristine beauty
a prize by the French duly.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
on a wall, set apart.

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