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Major Fine Art, Antiques & Silver - August Day 2

Sun, Aug 17, 2025 11:00AM EDT
  2025-08-17 11:00:00 2025-08-17 11:00:00 America/New_York Sarasota Estate Auction Sarasota Estate Auction : Major Fine Art, Antiques & Silver - August Day 2 https://bid.sarasotaestateauction.com/auctions/sarasota-estate/major-fine-art-antiques-silver---august-day-2-19630
Over 900 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day auction weekend! There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a Collection of Yosemite Valley Paintings, Oriental Rugs, Sterling Silver, a Lifetime Collection of Sevres Urns, Old Master Paintings, Asian Antiquities, and more!
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Lot 1010

Attributed to Thomas Hill (1829-1908) American, View of Yosemite Valley Oil on Canvas

Estimate: $4,000 - $8,000
Starting Bid
$2,000

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Attributed to Thomas Hill (1829-1908) American, View of Yosemite Valley Oil on Canvas. Exhibition label Remnants on reverse. Hills Views of Yosemite with El Capitan and Bridal Veil Falls were among his most popular majestic compositions. Similar works are included in most significant collections of American art, many museums, and the White House.

Condition as pictured.
Provenance: Private Collection, California.

Overall Size: 37 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.

Sight Size: 26 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.
 

Thomas Hill was born in 1829 and moved to the U.S in 1844. He worked as a decorative painter until his move to Boston in 1847. A few years later, in 1853, Hill moved to Philadelphia and took up portrait and floral painting. There he attended The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. From 1861-66, Hill moved to San Francisco where he created his most well known pieces of grandiose landscapes. In 1874 he helped found the San Francisco School of Design. Hill had nineteen illustrations published in John Muir's "Picturesque California", which depicted panoramic views of the Yosemite Valley. Hill's best known painting, "Driving the Last Spike", showed the completion of the Union-Pacific Railroad. He worked at an astounding speed to turn out canvases. In 1898 Hill was paralyzed and died by suicide in 1908.

Condition as pictured.

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Private Collection, California.

37 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.