The Architect of the Allegheny Landscape In the heart of the nineteenth century, as the soot and steel of Pittsburgh began to reshape the American landscape, one man sought to capture the enduring, quiet majesty of the natural world before it was obscured by industrial progress. George Hetzel, a figure whose life bridged the cultural elegance of Europe and the rugged expansion of the American frontier, emerged as the definitive voice of the Scalp Level School. Born in 1826 in the ethnically vibrant region of Alsace, France, Hetzel’s early years were steeped in a linguistic and cultural tapes…