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Mount Starr King, Yosemite, Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902), Public domain

Mount Starr King, Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902) · 1866 · oil on canvas on panel-back stretcher

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CC0 1.0 public-domain dedication by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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About this picture

Mount Starr King, Yosemite is a CC0 painting by Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia [now Germany], 1830–1902), dated 1866. Oil on canvas on panel-back stretcher. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.

“Mount Starr King, Yosemite” (1866) is a western landscape made large and theatrical after Bierstadt traveled with survey expeditions. The mountains are real. The light is often staged.

About the artist

Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) painted large, theatrical views of the American West after traveling with survey expeditions. The light is often staged, even when the mountains are real.

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