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OriginalAmong the Sierra Nevada, California, is an oil on canvas painting by German-born American painter Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) who was noted for his landscape art.
Reason
Work by a notable artist that is shown in his article and in the Hudson River School article; 4,001 × 2,387 pixels
Articles in which this image appears
Albert Bierstadt, Hudson River School
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Albert Bierstadt

PS: If Bierstadt ("beer city") is a town in Germany, I want to go there. Sca (talk)

PS: I experimented a bit, there is indeed some detail in the shadow area. Some careful lightening would be beneficial, IMO. --Janke | Talk 16:10, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Those barely discernible trees are a bit more visible in this scan, and the hues are less brownish. Sca (talk) 16:25, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Changing my vote to Weak Oppose for these technical reasons. (Fixable?) --Janke | Talk 09:44, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albert Bierstadt - Among the Sierra Nevada, California - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:48, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]