The Last of the Buffalo

Albert Bierstadt

1888 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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About this work

Artist: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Year: 1888
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 180.3 × 301 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Hudson River School

A mounted hunter confronts a charging buffalo while dead and wounded animals lie across a dry golden meadow and herds beyond cross a river and graze away to the horizon, under mesas and snow-capped peaks. Elk, pronghorn, coyote, fox, rabbits and a prairie dog populate the foreground; buffalo skulls litter the ground. Bierstadt painted this, his last great Western canvas, in 1888 at the size of his first, Lake Lucerne, combining elements sketched on many trips. By then the buffalo had been reduced from some thirty million to about a thousand, and the limitless herds are a conscious fiction, a lament for what settlement had destroyed as much as a celebration of the hunt. It was shown at the Paris Salon of 1889. The Corcoran Gallery acquired it in 1909 and it passed to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 2014.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A charging buffalo, a mounted hunter and herds to the horizon across a golden meadow, a wide Western picture for a den, study or lodge-style living room at 36×24 in black. An ochre, sage or warm grey wall; it suits leather and timber.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1888)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, study or library, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Last of the Buffalo in the public domain?

Yes. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12, 24×16 and 36×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Last of the Buffalo painted, and in what medium?

The Last of the Buffalo dates from 1888 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 180.3 × 301 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 36×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 24×16 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Last of the Buffalo we'd choose 36×24. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Last of the Buffalo (Albert Bierstadt) — The Last of the Buffalo · Albert Bierstadt · 1888. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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