Thursday, January 1, 1970

Place: CA-Artist Point


Artist Point-4,701' (El Capitan)    (37.7121494, -119.6748902)
Artist Creek-3,855' (El Capitan)    (37.7174269, -119.6729459)

Description:
See Chapter 24 in Sharon Giacomazzi's Trails and Tales of Yosemite and the Central Sierra. Thomas Hill painted the 10'x6' painting Great Canyon of the Sierras from Artist Point. Crocke bought it for $10,000 in 1871. This point was the fashionable place to pain in Yosemite during the 1880's. Even modern painters, such as Thomas Kincade in 1985 has painted from here. Many other paintings can be found  by Googling artist point yosemite painting.

Thomas Hill is the most noted artist who worked at this point. From sketches he made here, he painted the Great Canyon of the Sierras in 1871. Also he painted Yosemite Valley. This painting gathered top honors in the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. He eventually worked out of Wawona at what is now the Ranger Station there. For paintings of his, look at the Yosemite Museum, Oakland Museum and Sacramento's Crocker Museum.

Many hiking blogs and trail descriptions say that Thomas Ayers painted his famous picture here. But I am not so sure. Giacomazzi's account seems a lot more authoritative. Also the perspective of the picture is wrong for Artist Point.

 There is a benchmark at the 4,701' level. denoting Artist point.


From GNIS:
  • Artist Creek: In Yosemite National Park, heads just south of Old Inspiration Point, flows north past Artist Point on the west to the Merced River.
  •  Artist Point: In Yosemite National Park on the south wall of Yosemite Valley, and 0.8 km (0.5 mi) south of the mouth of Artist Creek.

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Pictures:
View from Artist Point

View from Artist Point
Artist Creek

Artist Creek

Artist Creek
From From Artyist Point-March 25, 2015



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Location: Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Village, CA 95389, USA

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