Thomas Moran

Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) from Bolton, England was an American painter and printmaker of the... Read more
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Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory

1882
oil on canvas
16 x 24 in. (40.5 x 61.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Moran, Thomasnotes
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...
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Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park

1873
watercolor and pencil on paper
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (31.9 x 24.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Fort George Island, Florida

1878
oil on canvas
9 x 12 1/8 in. (22.9 x 30.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Moran, Thomasnotes
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...
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Green River Cliffs, Wyoming

1881
oil on canvas
63.5 x 157.5 cm (25 x 62 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

Moran, Thomasnotes
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...
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Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah

1892
oil on canvas
44 3/8 x 38 3/8 in. (112.7 x 97.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

1900
oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 37 in. (76.5 x 94.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Moran, Thomas GA
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

1893-1901
oil on canvas
96 1/2 x 168 3/8 in. (245.1 x 427.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Moran, Thomas GA
The White Mountains

1874
color lithograph on paper
11 x 15 5/8 in. (27.9 x 39.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

Moran, Thomas GA
Valley of Cuernavaca

1903
oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (35.9 x 68.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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