Albert Bierstadt
Lake Lucerne
From $100
This is a small oil sketch on paper, and a careless copy flattens its soft blues and greens. Our Albert Bierstadt Surveyor’s Wagon in the Rockies print was graded beside the original so the mountains stay misty blue and the plain keeps its summer green.
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
18x12 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its long, low shape suits a study, a hallway or a cabin wall, and it looks lovely in a small space. The soft blues and greens sit well with walnut, leather and cream, and a dark wood or black frame suits it.
About the painting
Surveyor’s Wagon in the Rockies by Albert Bierstadt
West, 1859
Albert Bierstadt grew up in Massachusetts and trained as a painter in Germany. In 1859, aged twenty-nine, he joined Frederick Lander, a government surveyor whose party was laying out an overland wagon road to the West.
The surveyor’s wagon
On the trip he painted small, quick oil sketches like this one: a covered wagon and its mules resting on a wide green plain, with a range of blue mountains rising behind. It is only about twenty by thirty-three centimetres.
The big paintings
He brought his sketches back to his New York studio and turned them into the huge western landscapes that made him famous, among them The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak. This sketch belongs to the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Read the story
Before Albert Bierstadt painted his giant mountains, he painted this: a small wagon, resting on the open plain.
It's 1859. Bierstadt is twenty-nine. He grew up in Massachusetts and trained as a painter in Germany.
Now he joins a government surveyor, Frederick Lander, whose party is laying out a wagon road to the West.
Two other artists come along. Bierstadt brings his paints and paper.
Out on the trail, he makes small, quick oil sketches, only about the size of a sheet of writing paper.
In this one, a covered wagon and its mules have stopped on a wide green plain. Behind them, a range of blue mountains rises into the haze.
The road they are surveying will soon carry wagon trains of settlers heading west.
Bierstadt brings his sketches home to his studio in New York. From them he paints huge canvases of the Rocky Mountains, and they make him famous.
One of the first is called Lander's Peak, after the surveyor who took him west.
This little sketch belongs to the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Look at the wagon, and think how far it still had to go.
Surveyor's Wagon in the Rockies. Albert Bierstadt, 1859.
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.
