Keywords: Campfire (Albert Bierstadt), 1863.jpg Artwork Creator Albert Bierstadt An 1863 oil on canvas painting of men in a forest around a campfire ostensibly inspired by a fifty-wagon train of German emigrants who crossed Bierstadt's path during his 1863 expedition According to the Mead Art Museum this painting is dark The painting differs greatly from its brighter moonlit version Uploader's original research when brightened the wagon is missing the phrase For Oregon that appears in other versions of the painting 1863 oil canvas in 17 24 25 Institution Mead Art Museum The Hollis W Plimpton Class of 1915 Memorial Collection object history Gift of Herbert W Plimpton credit line Signature at lower right ABierstadt accession number 1968 17 http //museums fivecolleges edu/detail php museum all t objects type all f s bierstadt+campfire record 0 Mead Art Museum <gallery>File Albert Bierstadt - Oregon Trail jpg <center>The Oregon Trail Campfire </center></gallery> PD-old-100-1923 1902 DEFAULTSORT Bierstadt Campfire 1863 Mead Art Museum Landscape paintings of the United States by Albert Bierstadt Mead Art Museum 1863 paintings in the United States Oil paintings of landscapes 1860s landscape paintings Campfires in art |