Albert Bierstadt
Lake Lucerne
From $100
This painting is golden plains, pale mountains and a wide blue sky, and a flat copy turns the light dusty. Our Bierstadt Last of the Buffalo print was graded so the sky stays clear, the grass stays golden and the distance keeps its haze.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
36x20 inch, 40x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a large living room, a study or a long wall. The golds, browns and soft blues look warm with cream, rust and oak, and a black or natural frame suits it.
About the painting
The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt
The plains, 1863
In 1863, crossing Nebraska on his way west, Albert Bierstadt watched a buffalo hunt and sketched the animals from under a big blue umbrella. He already called those sketches The Last of the Buffalo.
A vanishing world
Twenty-five years later, the great herds had been hunted almost to extinction. In 1888 he painted a hunt on horseback on a wide plain, with snowy peaks far away: a melancholy picture of what westward expansion had cost.
His last big picture
It was the last large canvas he ever painted. In 1998 it appeared on an American stamp. It belongs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Read the story
Albert Bierstadt sketched his first buffalo from under a big blue umbrella.
It was 1863, and he was crossing the plains of Nebraska on his way west with his friend, the writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow.
Ludlow later described how, when a buffalo bull was wounded in a hunt, Bierstadt leapt from the buggy and in about three minutes was sitting on his camp stool, under his umbrella, painting.
He called those sketches The Last of the Buffalo.
Twenty-five years later, the name had come true. The great herds had been hunted almost to extinction.
In 1888, Bierstadt paints a buffalo hunt on horseback across a wide plain, with a lake and snowy mountains far away.
It's a beautiful picture, and a sad one: a look back at a world that was disappearing.
It was the last large canvas he ever painted.
In 1998 it appeared on an American postage stamp. It belongs to the National Gallery of Art, in Washington.
Look out across the plain, to the mountains on the horizon.
The Last of the Buffalo. Albert Bierstadt, 1888.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
