Albert Bieustadt, an American artist, born in Diisseldorf, Germany, in 1829. When he was two years of age his family emigrated to Massachusetts, and finally settled in New Bedford, where his youth and early manhood were passed. He soon discovered a talent for drawing, and in 1851 began to paint in oils. Two years later he went to Europe and entered upon a course of study at Diisseldorf. For four years he labored assiduously at his art, spending the summer months in sketching tours in Germany and Switzerland, and passing one winter in Rome. In 1857 he returned to the United States, and in the succeeding spring accompanied (Jen. Lander on his expedition to survey and construct a wagon route to the Pacific coast. From this and subsequent visits to the great plains and the Rocky mountains he obtained the materials for a series of large landscapes, on which his reputation as a painter mainly rests. They comprise "The Rocky Mountains - Lander's Peak" (which was exhibited in the United States and Europe, and received marked attention in the Paris exposition of 1867), "The Domes of the Yo-Semite," "Looking down the Yo-Semite," "Storm in the Rooky Mountains," "Laramie Peak," "Emigrants Crossing the Plains," and "Mount Hood," besides a number of smaller works.

For several of the larger pictures he obtained very high prices for this class of works. They are effectively painted, and in many points recall the general style of the Dusseldorf school, though his works are executed with greater-boldness. He has lately been on the Pacific coast, engaged upon new pictures relating to that region. In 1871 he was made a member of the academy of fine arts of St. Petersburg.