Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California
Albert Bierstadt · 1865
Why it's great
A huge, golden valley fills with mist, between granite cliffs, as a tiny river flows, in a sunlit glow. Bierstadt's painting, in 1865, helped convince people that Yosemite should be protected. It became a national park later. It's a majestic view of nature.
Where to see it
📍 Birmingham Museum of ArtBirmingham, United States
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Albert Bierstadt was born in Germany and raised in Massachusetts. He traveled west with survey expeditions and painted vast landscapes of the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite. His work was admired by huge crowds in the East. He lived in New York and died there in 1902.
