Treasured Landscapes

Thomas Hill
1889

English-born Thomas Hill moved to the U.S. as a teenager. Initially a carriage painter, he turned to painting landscapes. Associated with the Hudson River School, Hill painted numerous images of the White Mountains in the East. His move to California in the mid-1860s expanded his landscape repertoire to include monumental works focusing on the Yosemite Valley. He continued to paint Yosemite throughout his career. In the 1870s, John Muir commissioned him to paint rural Alaska. Theodore Roosevelt visited the artist's Yosemite studio in 1903.

Oil on canvas. L 67.3, W 85.1 cm
Yosemite National Park, YOSE 6559