albert bierdstadt
Albert Bierstadt painted “The Yosemite Fall” in 1864. This painting is on display in the Timken Gallery in San Diego California. This is an oil painting that has been painted on canvas, with dimensions of 34 ˝ x 27 1/8 in. This artist was born in Dusseldorf in 1830, but raised as an American child. He was self taught and in 1859 joined a U.S. Government expedition to map a land route to the Pacific. Many of his paintings were developed from on the spot sketches of the American western landscape. His popularity declined after he died in 1902, but he is becoming more popular now. This painting was made to show the beauty of America. He made sketches for this painting during a seven-week stay in the valley. He then painted a landscape of the Yosemite Valley in California. It is set in a natural setting. The front view places the viewer actually in Yosemite.
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