| Bierstadt
did not visit Yellowstone until 1880. Although he did some
paintings
of the area, it didn't inspire him like Yosemite and other scenic areas
of the west. This painting of Lower Yellowstone Falls, while
portraying the beauty and wildness of the American West, is darker,
more monochromatic, and doesn't capture the subtle colors of the canyon
as Moran's famous painting of the same subject.
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