About Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail

This painting is entitled “Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail”. The artist is Albert Bierstadt. He was an American born in Germany in 1830. Generally, the painting shows the beautiful Yosemite Valley and the peaceful and happy life of local people. What I see in this picture is the author’s love of natural scenes, which inspires future and hope. In the top of it, a warm and shining sun covered nearly one third of the whole picture. Colored in light yellow, the sunshine spreads everywhere. In the middle of the picture, one blue river winds and leads to the far distance. The high Rocky Mountains stand along the river. All of these elements make a beautiful and amazing scene. No matter according to the coverage or the place where light shines on, the main topic of this painting is about this gorgeous view. This shows the author’s love of natural scenes. In the bottom left side of the picture, there is one path on the mountain. There are three people resting. They dress in traditional early nineteenth century garb. Watching the distance, they are happily chatting. Maybe they are celebrating the great natural scenes or talking about the anecdotes in their life. Above them, there is a man saying hello to these three people. Along the path, there are high and green trees standing and pointing up. This aspect of the painting illustrates the happy and peaceful life of local people. This picture is painted after the construction of the railway crossing the country, which disturbs the original natural scene of Yosemite Valley. And this painting shows the scenes before the railway construction. Although it’s a sad problem, but according to the color and light of this picture, the painting is still positive. So the painter maybe want to express the belief in future, and his love of nature. In conclusion, this painting conveys the author’s love of natural scenes. And according to the happiness of people and light yellow color, it also shows the author’s hope of future.