Keywords: Mount Lyell, California Sierra by William Keith, 1874.jpg Artwork Creator William Keith Mount Lyell California Sierra 1874 Oil on canvas William Keith Collection Hearst Art Gallery St Marys College Moraga California Ž Two lengthy sojourns in Europe each bracketed by visits to the eastern United States had particularly strong effects on Keith's artistic development In 1869 3 years after he first began exhibiting and selling paintings he left San Francisco for visits to New York and Paris and art study in Dusseldorf Germany By the time he returned to San Francisco in 1872 his painting style had changed considerably The abundance of foreground detail typical of early works like San Anselmo Valley Near San Rafael had been replaced by looser sketchier brushstrokes as in Mount Lyell California Sierra William Keith Collection Hearst Art Gallery Other versions http //www stmarys-ca edu/arts/hearst-art-gallery/william-keith-collection html PD-old-100 Paintings of Yosemite William Keith Cathedral Range Sierra Nevada of North America in art 1874 paintings in the United States California Landscape paintings of the United States California Oil paintings of landscapes California Saint Mary's College Museum of Art 19th-century mountain paintings California 1870s landscape paintings |