Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his grandiose landscapes of the 19th-century American West. Born on January 7, 1830 in Solingen, Prussia, Bierstadt's family immigrated to ...

George Catlin's c. 1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative. Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art ...

Born in 1939, self-taught landscape painter and author Russell Chatham grew up in San Francisco and spent much of his life in Livingston, Montana. He was particularly influenced by the works of ...

Dylan Stark is a traditional landscape and seascape painter. He is heavily influenced by the luminist style of painting popular among late 19th century American landscape artists. His work emphasizes ...

A previously lost William H Dorsey painting, representing 19th-century Black wealth and high culture, was found at the New Life Thrift Shop in Glenside, ...

James Vaulkhard's latest exhibition at London's Blond Contemporary, presents a striking reimagining of the American landscape ...

Carleton Watkins' Yosemite pictures brought him worldwide acclaim and were groundbreaking technically and artistically. He was arguably the most artistic American landscape photographer in the ...

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The BBC's Diane Cole reports on an exhibition of 19th-century paintings believed to depict the early signs of climate change introduced ...