The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt, 1830-1902

                   View the picture while you answer the questions.

1.   Where was Albert Bierstadt born?  ____________________________________

2.   Where did he go to study painting?  ____________________________________

3.   Why is the painting called Lander's Peak?  ______________________________

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4.    What colors do you see at the top half of the painting? _______________________

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5.   What are the colors used in the bottom half of the painting? ___________________

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6.   Who are the people in the painting?  ____________________________________

7.   What animals do you see? ____________________________________________

8.   Where did Bierstadt make the sketches he used to paint Lake Lucerne?

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9.   In the painting, The Oregon Trail, what are the main colors that you see in the

      painting?  ________________________________________________________

10. What hardships would you have suffered if you had been with the group on 

       the Oregon Trail?. __________________________________________________

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