Thomas Almond Ayres
ARTISTThomas Almond Ayres was a California gold rush-era artist, most famous for drawing the first rendering of Yosemite Valley to be published and popularized. Ayres was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey in 1816. As a young adult, he moved to Wisconsin Territory and worked as a draftsman in what was to become St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1849, he went to California, embarking from New York on the steamship Panama on February 4. As the announcement of gold was only made by President Polk the previous December, this made Ayres among the first to head to the gold fields. He arrived in August, and immediately set out to the diggings. Like many fortune seekers, he was unlucky; however, he spent his time constructively, sketching many gold rush and other California scenes, eventually earning a reputation as a landscape artist.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Thomas Ayres (artist) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Thomas Almond Ayres, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by Thomas Almond Ayres (American, 1816–1858) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Thomas Almond Ayres was a California gold rush-era artist, most famous for drawing the first rendering of Yosemite Valley to be published and popularized. Ayres was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey in 1816. As a young adult, he moved to Wisconsin Territory and worked as a draftsman in what was to become St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1849, he went to California, embarking from New York on the steamship Panama on February 4. As the announcement of gold was only made by President Polk the previous December, this made Ayres among the first to head to the gold fields. He arrived in August, and immediately set out to the diggings. Like many fortune seekers, he was unlucky; however, he spent his time constructively, sketching many gold rush and other California scenes, eventually earning a reputation as a landscape artist.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Thomas Almond Ayres's work on the site falls under Landscape (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Romanticism (1).
Culture: American (1).
By orientation: 1 landscape.
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