Year 1865 (1865) Genre Pastoral | Medium Oil on canvas Created 1865 Media Paint, Oil paint, Canvas | |
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Dimensions 163.83 cm × 245.11 cm (64.50 in × 96.50 in) Periods Luminism, Hudson River School Similar Albert Bierstadt artwork, Canvas | ||
Looking Down the Yosemite Valley, California is an 1865 painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902).
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.
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Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA