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Hook Pond and Old Bridge ca. 1880-1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Heart Mountain from Camp, near Chapman's Ranch 1892 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Green River Cliffs, Wyoming 1881 National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. | ran quickly made plans to travel west.
Yellowstone was Moran's ultimate destination in the summer of 1871, but before he reached the land of geysers and hot springs, he stepped off the train in Green River, Wyoming, and discovered a landscape unlike any he had ever seen. Rising above the dusty railroad town were towering cliffs, reduced by nature... | GA | Anonymous | |
From near Inspiration Point, Yellowstone Canyon 1892 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Fort George Island, Florida 1878 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | In 1877, Thomas Moran traveled with his wife to Fort George Island, Florida, and made small studies of the trees and beaches, images that were radically different from his sweeping vistas of Yellowstone. Within twenty years after this painting was created, the balmy coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida had become fashionable tourist... | GA | Anonymous | |
Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park 1873 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory 1882 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | when Indians rode there. Such vividly colored western scenes proved to be a bonanza for the Union Pacific's chief rival, the Northern Pacific Railroad. Jay Cooke, the Philadelphia financier who owned the Northern Pacific, kept Moran on retainer for several years, generating nostalgic images that helped to draw thousands of greenhorns out to the... | GA | Anonymous | |
Castle of San Juan de Vlua, Vera Cruz 1884 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
An Indian Girl 1880 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous | ||
Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone 1872 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | GA | Anonymous |
- Thomas Moran