Analysis Of Yosemite Valley By Albert Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt has mostly painted landscaping or valleys. All his paintings were oil canvases; his canvases were huge and have dramatic colors like green, blue yellow and etc. He was born in Germany and moves to Massachusetts were he did some of his paintings. Later on, he then moved back to Germany and went to the Royal Academy for landscaping painters with Andreas Achenbach and Karl Friedman Lessing. The group travelled together and painted some views. They also went with Albert Bierstadt and also painted with him, they all painted landscaping and view of valleys. They work with each other for a long time. When the trip was over, he moved back to the United States. His painting Yosemite Valley was painted in 1868 when he visited the Yosemite Valley. The colors of the painting were very beautiful, the paintings had different types of color green trees and some were red. The mountains where painted with dark colors so it can catch the sunset, also the river was painted like it was real so it can have the reflection of the trees, bushes, the mountains and the clouds. He made a trip all the way to the West of the United States to paint the valleys and landscapes. When he traveled through the west, he stayed in Yosemite for a while. All of his paintings were in large canvases because he captured all of the views. When he painted the valleys, it has been said that he painted “with different types of emotions” (Patricia B. Sanders). The colors he used were beautiful that it made you think that you were in the picture. His brush work was perfect and his paintings were very detailed. He took his time painting all the beautiful views. Bierstadt traveled around Italy and painted landscaping. While traveling, a group of people have joined...

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... He didn’t go to school like Albert Bierstadt. He used all of the things he knows when he was making furniture when he was just seven years old. His paintings were beautiful: the colors are bright and most of them were about the war. Before he painted, Luis Monza would sketch a lot of things that how he learn how to draw. Also Louis Monza painted some paintings about the second war that was happening in his hometown. He captures about death in the war. The colors he has used were dark colors were dark colors that were used on the painting. The painting is called Orcastra at War (fig3 ), in this painting, it shows a lot of sadness. The people who are playing the instruments are wearing darks colors, in the front; there is woman who looks sad. In the background, there are buildings that have burn destroyed. This painting shows about the war and what he thinks of it.