rocky_mountains peak rocky_mountains landscape oil painting german american painter based sketches travels painting shows peak rocky_mountains native americans foreground compared exhibited heart peak immediately critical popular success sold background landscape painter born germany family moved massachusetts spent formative years europe debut exhibition breakthrough came aftermath journey following year spring joined led colonel traveled far rocky_mountains studies numerous paintings way greatly impressed landscape encountered described rocky_mountains best material artist world habit extensive preparation work occasion making sketches single painting exhibited base rocky_mountains peak greatest success came rocky_mountains peak exhibited tenth street studio building studio composition theme painting shows peak mountain summit feet modern day wyoming peak named initiative death civil war description painting sharply pointed granite peaks illuminated clouds float wooded genre scene foreground dominated tribe native americans landscape painting actual landscape appears ideal landscape based nature altered dramatic effect painting hit nerve contemporary americans portraying beauty nation western wilderness reference idea rocky_mountains represented natural beauty obstacle westward expansion words historian painted west americans hoped paintings vastly popular reinforced perception west europe sublime time native americans foreground gave scene authenticity presented timeless place untouched european hands reception peak immediate success people invited exhibition thousand showed self promoter gifted artist paintings widely promoted single picture exhibition accompanied pamphlet tour painting foot width intended exhibition halls homes america millionaire class purchased british railway entrepreneur time high price later bought gave sold brother edward eventually acquired new_york comparisons peak heart contemporary painting main rivals landscape genre works represented great mountain ranges spanning held raise money union war effort paintings exhibited opposite peak heart exhibited opposite walls current location metropolitan reviews painting positive review called question finest landscapes painted country adding artistic merits respects added advantage representative painting portion sublime beautiful scenery painting won prize exposition paris time critical voices particular found wanting critic complained better marks brush handling stand scrap little geology
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak