Landscape by Albert Bierstadt

爱尔伯特·比埃斯达特的风景画

 


 

比埃斯达特为美国十九世纪著名的“哈德逊河画派”第二代风景画画家,他的大部分作品以西部气势恢宏的洛基山脉为主题,跟后来的著名摄影家安塞尔·亚当斯的作品主题类似,以表现壮丽的优胜美地和内华达山而闻名于世。

从表现手法上讲,比埃斯达特是个所谓的光线主义者,对画中光线的准确掌握和应用无不达到登峰造极的境界,但同时光线的运用却又不过份,使其充分体现画中大自然的无论山川峡谷或是山雨欲来所蕴含的壮丽,让人观其画而无不有身临其境、令人神往的感觉,被其表现的宏大境界和心胸所折服。

相信对于那些有幸领略过优胜美地和内华达山脉的人们来讲,比埃斯达特的作品一定会在他们的心里产生强烈的共鸣。这里所列三幅是比埃斯达特相当有代表性的作品。

Albert Bierstadt is a well-known American landscape painter, a second-generation member of the so-called "Hudson River School" of 19th century. Majority of his work are depicting the grandeur and splendor of Rocky Mountains. Like the later famous photographer Ansel Adams, they became known by people for their images on the beautiful Yosemite and Sierra Nevada.

His style is a typical "Luminist", reaching a very high level of skill and precision in depicting light in the paintings. On the other hand, the light has been used very appropriately in all situations to present the splendor of the Nature in the painting, no matter the subject is a grand valley or clouds before storms. One would feel being at the scene or longing to be overwhelmed by the landscape when standing in front of his work. The experience would certainly be very inspirational.

If you have been to Yosemite or Sierra Neveda, Bierstadt's work will certainly resonate strongly in your heart what you have experienced there before. The three pieces shown here are pretty typical Bierstadt landscape paintings. 


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