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THBThomas Hill (1829 – 1908) – View of Yosemite Valley
Lot 35
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Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
United States
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction specializes in the finest classical Western and American Art representing past masters and outstanding contemporary artists. The auction principals have over 100 years of combined experience in selling fine art and have netted their clients over $325 million in the last fif...Read more
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The 2025 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, to be held July 26 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 354 selections of unparalleled quality in Western & American Art from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Maynard Dixon, William R. Leigh, Thomas Moran, Howard Terpning, E. Martin Hennings, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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- Lot Description
Thomas Hill (1829 – 1908)
View of Yosemite Valley
oil on canvas
54 × 36 inches
signed lower right
Western art historian Dr. Larry Len Peterson wrote, “Albert Bierstadt’s contemporary and competitor, Thomas Hill, became rich and famous for his grand paintings of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada Mountains in an era known as the heyday of landscape painters.
“In 1861 Hill moved with his wife and children to San Francisco and made his first trip to Yosemite a year later with artist friends William Keith and Virgil Williams. Next, Hill accompanied famed photographer Carleton Watkins to Yosemite, and their works significantly influenced the decision by Congress in 1864 to protect the area from development. It was the first example in America of park land being set aside for preservation and public use.
“In the 1870s he became a founding member of the San Francisco Art Association and the exclusive Bohemian Club which gave him access to wealthy patrons. By the end of the decade, Hill was wealthy and famous across America. In 1883 he built a studio in Yosemite and lived there except for winters when he painted in his San Francisco studio. He completed over 5,000 paintings including his famous Yosemite Valley (1889) and Great Canyon of the Sierra, Yosemite (1872). He was widely known as the ‘Artist of Yosemite.’ Captivated by its beauty, he spent every summer there until 1888.”
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Granby, Connecticut
View More InformationSurface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Faint horizontal bar mark across the center of painting. Faint cracking in sky and in distant mountains. Spots of inpainting in upper-left corner and top-center of the sky. One spot of inpainting each in upper-right mountain and in center of painting.Condition
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