Background
Bierstadt was born at Solingen, Prussia, November 28, 1819, a son of Henry Bierstadt.
Bierstadt was born at Solingen, Prussia, November 28, 1819, a son of Henry Bierstadt.
He was educated in the national schools of his native town and New Bedford, Massachusetts, whence his parents removed in 1831.
He was the older brother of the landscape painter Albert Bierstadt. In 1863 Bierstadt removed his business to Niagara Falls, New York where he carried it on with great success. He was an expert in stereoscopic views and had in connection with his manufactory a large bazaar where his views and many relics and curios were displayed to advantage.
In 1870 he visited California and photographed Yosemite.
He died in Niagara Falls in 1903.
