This beautiful painting by Thomas Hill of Yosemite Valley was on display during the Ignagural Luncheonin the White House. It was painted in 1865 by Thomas Hill. It highlights the spectacular scenery of the Valley during the Springtime season.
Yosemite Valley by Thomas Hill
Born in Birmingham,England,in 1829,Thomas Hill moved to the United States at the age of 15 and enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts nine yearslater. He later visited the White Mountains of New Hampshire and became acquainted with the landscape painters of the Hudson River School. In 1858,he had his first exhibition of thirty oil paintings in Boston. In 1861,Hill and his family moved to California,where he set up a studio in San Francisco. He made his first documented trip to Yosemite in 1865,with travel companions painter Virgil Williams and photographer Carleton Watkins. More information can be found at the Yosemite National Park website at http://www.nps.gov/yose/.
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