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Jan 29, 2025
Original oil painting on board by listed artist, Thomas Hill (CA, 1829 - 1908), signed lower right. Features Mt. Lyell in the Yosemite valley. Art measures 9.5" h x 13.5" w presented in a frame measuring 16" x 20".
Provenance: Hill is one of America's most famous 19th-century landscape painter, especially of panoramic views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite. He also painted landscapes of the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park, where he was particularly fascinated by the geysers.
Memberships:
Bohemian Club; Atheneum Art Club (Boston); San Francisco Art Association.
Exhibitions:
Maryland Institute, 1853 (medal); Mechanics' Institute Fair (SF), 1864, 1877, 1888 (award), 1894 (bronze medal); California Art Union, 1865 (1st prize); National Academy of Design, 1866; Paris Expo, 1867; NY Palette Club, 1871 (bronze medal); SFAA from 1872; Centennial Expo (Philadelphia), 1876 (medal); Calif. State Fairs, 1879, 1890 (gold medals); PAFA, 1884 (medal); World's Columbian Expo (Chicago), 1893; Ruskin Art Club (LA), 1904. In: Oakland Museum; Society of Calif. Pioneers; Orange Co. (CA) Museum; Crocker Museum (Sacramento); CHS; LACMA; Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); Stanford Museum; Calif. State Railroad Museum.
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