Saturday, August 20, 2022

Bierstadt -- The Falls of St. Anthony -- August 20, 2022

Carmen Thyssen Collection Inv. no. (CTB.1980.8)

Albert Bierstadt painted "The Falls of St. Anthony" in the 1880s. The Saint Anthony Falls are in Minneapolis. The Falls were used and abused for water power. Bierstadt showed the Falls before industrialization. The painting is in the collection of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

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