“The Yosemite Fall” Description 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 ½ 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 …showed first 75 words of 621 total…

…showed last 75 words of 621 total…light is representing nature in a godlike state, bringing a sense of nature vs. civilization, a popular romantic idea of the time. I believe the function of this piece of art is to show the beauty of the American West to the old world. This was the theme of many of his other paintings. Overall this painting brings a good sense of the weathered past to us in the present and the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**