Valley of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt

1864 · Oil on panel · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Valley of the Yosemite

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California

Sunrise, Yosemite Valley

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About this work

Artist: Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
Year: 1864
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 30.2 × 48.9 cm
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Movement: Hudson River School

A small, luminous oil in which the setting sun turns the whole of Yosemite Valley to gold, deer linger at the water's edge in the foreground and the granite walls recede into warm haze. Bierstadt painted it on paperboard in his New York studio in 1864, the year after his summer in the valley with the writer Fitz Hugh Ludlow, and it is probably his first finished Yosemite subject. He gave it to the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair in New York that April, a Civil War fundraiser for the Union Army, where it fetched 1,600 dollars, the highest price paid for any painting at the sale. The composition was reworked at a far larger scale the following year as Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, now in Birmingham, Alabama. The sketch came to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1947 with the Karolik Collection.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A small oil of the valley turned to gold by the setting sun with deer at the water, best kept modest: a reading corner, bedroom or landing at 16×24 in black or natural oak. Cream, sage or warm grey, at eye level.

Style: Exhibition poster of a Hudson River School painting
Era: 19th century (1864)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Valley of the Yosemite in the public domain?

Yes. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Museum of Fine Arts.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Valley of the Yosemite painted, and in what medium?

Valley of the Yosemite dates from 1864 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 30.2 × 48.9 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Albert Bierstadt's Valley of the Yosemite — Valley of the Yosemite — the Merced River at sunset, the cliffs glowing rose and gold — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The American West, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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