ARTISTS IN LOVE, part 16
Illustration Art
JUNE 20, 2010
In 1863, artist Albert Bierstadt and writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow left New York on a camping expedition into the great American wilderness. Bierstadt dreamed of painting western landscapes while Ludlow dreamed of writing about them. The two men also had something personal to work out between them: Bierstadt was in love with Ludlow's wife, Rosalie. The men traveled together for nearly nine months.
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