The Last of the Buffalo

Albert Bierstadt was a German-American artist best known for his monumental landscapes that glorified the American West.

The Last of the Buffalo is an oil on canvas work by Albert Bierstadt, made in 1888. It depicts a buffalo hunt by Native Americans on horseback, in front of a vast plain and snow-covered peaks in the distance. The work is housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.