Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California is an 1865 painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902).[1]
Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California | |
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Artist | Albert Bierstadt |
Year | 1865 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 163.83 cm × 245.11 cm (64.50 in × 96.50 in) |
Location | Birmingham Museum of Art |
It was Bierstadt's first large-scale Yosemite picture, a subject for which he would become well known. It presents a view of one of America's most scenic spots. Based on sketches made during a visit in 1863, Bierstadt paints the valley from a vantage point just above the Merced River, looking due west with the prospect framed by El Capitan on the right, and Sentinel Rock on the left; the spire of Middle Cathedral Rock is visible in the distance.
See also
References
External links
- American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this painting (see index)
- Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California Picturing America : teachers resource book
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