Splintercat, I just read your lastest WyEast Blog post. Thanks for another entertaining lesson.
Have you seen this?
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/eca ... art-n09580
Bierstadt's Mt Hood
Re: Bierstadt's Mt Hood
Bierstadt was definitely into romanticizing his landscapes, rather than directly painting what he saw. That Mt. Hood painting is a great example of how his imagination ran wild with reality.