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Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains. Moran and his family, wife Mary Nimmo Moran and daughter Ruth, took residence in New York
Thomas Moran was the first American painter to capture the grandeur of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Born in England, he immigrated to America as a child and apprenticed to an engraver in Philadelphia.
- January 12, 1837
- August 25, 1926
Thomas Moran was one of the most significant North-American painters of the nineteenth century. He was part of the second generation of great US landscape painters, who took the signature style of spiritually-infused naturalism developed by pioneers such as Thomas Cole and adapted it to new vistas.
- American
- February 12, 1837
- Lancashire, England
- August 25, 1926
- American
- February 12, 1837
- Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- August 25, 1926
- Haunted House Thomas Moran 1858.
- Dusk Wings Thomas Moran 1860.
- View of Fairmont Waterworks, Philadelphia Thomas Moran 1860.
- On the Catawissa Creek Thomas Moran 1862.
May 23, 2018 · Thomas Moran was the chief artist for Scribner’s Monthly, a magazine of literature, art, science, and other national interests. Moran produced vivid pictures for a variety of topics in the magazine, capturing the imagination of the American public.
Thomas Moran was born 12 February 1837 in Bolton, England, not far from Manchester, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Several generations of the Moran family had worked as handloom weavers in Bolton until the introduction of power looms radically changed the industry.
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Dec 1, 2009 · Thomas Moran’s 1893-1901 canvas, “The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,” is impressive not only in terms of its masterful execution and sheer size. Audrey Reinhardt. December 1, 2009. The...
