Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California by Albert Bierstadt

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California (1865)

Albert Bierstadt | Hudson River School | Oil on canvas

Towering cliffs, with Sentinel Rock on the left and El Capitan on the right, frame a peaceful green valley stretching into the golden, hazy distance. Bierstadt made the American West look like a magical wonderland!

Did you know? This painting was rescued from a burning opera house in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In 1929 it sold at auction for just $300, then hung in a library in Birmingham, Alabama, for 45 years while art experts did not even know it existed. A cleaning in 1974 brought back its glow and uncovered Bierstadt's signature.

Original held at Birmingham Museum of Art

Museum-quality giclée print on archival Enhanced Matte Art paper (200gsm) with fade-resistant pigment inks rated for 100+ years. Also available as gallery-wrapped canvas and custom framed.

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