File:California Pines by William Keith, 1878.jpg

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William Keith: California Pines  wikidata:Q20881071 reasonator:Q20881071
Artist
William Keith  (1838–1911)  wikidata:Q3688068
 
William Keith
Alternative names
w. keith; Keith
Description Scottish-American painter, printmaker and visual artist
Date of birth/death 18 November 1838 Edit this at Wikidata 13 April 1911 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Berkeley, CA
Work location
New York City (1850–1863); Düsseldorf (1870–1872); San Francisco (1863–1870); San Francisco (1872–1911) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3688068
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Title
California Pines"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1878
date QS:P571,+1878-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 91.8 cm (36.1 in); width: 183.8 cm (72.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,183.83U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1641836
Current location
Los Angeles, CA
Accession number
29.19 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Notes

In his search for the grand and scenic, Keith ventured throughout northern California and beyond. Consequently his repertoire of epic imagery was not limited to the stark, perpendicular, granite walls of Yosemite but also included alpine views such as California Pines. The painting is believed to be a view of east central California showing the upper reaches of the Kern River, which flows south from Mount Whitney towards Bakersfield in land that is now part of Sequoia National Park and the Dome Land wilderness. Alpine paintings by artists trained in Düsseldorf served as models for Keith’s panoramic images with snow-capped mountains towering majestically in the background.

He presented the California view in a traditional composition with the trees and sloping hills as repoussoir elements and a meandering river leading into the scene. His manner of presenting the hills is reminiscent of the treatment of the Rockies in the work of ALBERT BIERSTADT.

While in the possession of the Vose Galleries, this landscape was shown throughout the country and eventually at the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles, where it was purchased in 1929 for the museum. The painting was the first major acquisition funded by the museum’s patron association
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Source/Photographer Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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