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View all 248 artworks. Thomas Moran lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Romanticism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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- The Chasm of The Colorado
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- Under The Trees, 1865
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Landscape painter. Influenced by J.M.W. Turner, Moran is best remembered for his idealized views of the American West. In 1871 he accompanied a government surveying expedition to Yellowstone and was greatly inspired by the landscape; The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (1893–1901) and The Chasm of the Colorado (1872) are two outstanding works.
- January 12, 1837
- August 25, 1926
Painting in the White House. Legacy. Selected works. See also. References. Sources. Further reading. External links. 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.
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
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- The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. 1872. An astounding 7 feet 6 inches in height by 12 feet 1 inch in width! Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
- The Chasm of the Colorado. 1873. Equally impressive, measuring 7 feet 6 inches by 12 feet 1 inch! Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
- The Mountain of the Holy Cross. 1890. A substantial 6 feet in height by 8 feet in width. Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- The Three Tetons. 1895. A monumental 6 feet in height by 10 feet in width. The White House, Washington, D.C. Next on our artistic adventure is “The Three Tetons,” completed in 1895.
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. In 1842/1843, seeking public education for his children and ...
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