I stopped by the Birmingham Museum of Art yesterday before heading up to the library to study - and enjoyed myself immensely. I must admit (shamefully) that I had not visited the BMA in at least a year. So my visit yesterday was long overdue. I'm a Hudson River School fan - huge fan actually - and the BMA has three wonderful Bierstadts and a Thomas Cole sketch that makes any visit to the museum worthwhile.
The centerpiece of the BMA's Hudson River School collection is Bierstadt's Looking Down Yosemite Valley. Wow. If you live in the B'ham area, a trip to the Birmingham Museum of Art would not be complete without enjoying this amazing painting.
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