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 ...

And the National Museum of American ... American Illustration") round out this collection of great Americana. There's more to admire here, as the museum is housed in the stately 19th-century ...