James Swensen: Albert Bierstadt & Utah's Landscape Painters

Lecture Circling the Wasatch by historian of photography and art Dr. James Swensen. Explores how Albert Bierstadt's visits to Utah helped establish the Wasatch Mountains as a subject worthy of artistic attention and inspired generations of Utah painters and photographers. Traces Bierstadt's influence on C.R. Savage, Alfred Lambourne, J.T. Harwood and others. Examines how the Wasatch evolved from a celebrated symbol of the American West into the familiar backdrop of a growing Salt Lake Valley.