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Thomas Moran

Thomas Moran (1837 - 1926) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, California.  Thomas Moran is known for Landscape and marine painting, topography.

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Regarded as the primary artist of the final decades of Western exploration, Thomas Moran made eight trips West between 1871 and 1892 and created a body of oil and watercolor sketches that remain a primary record of that period.  In fact, his painting was so associated with the West that he was referred to as T. Yellowstone Moran.  In 1873, he began signing his name with a monogram that incorporated "Y" into his initials, and from 1911, he added a thumbprint.

He was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, and his father was a hand-loom weaver.  In 1844, his family emigrated to Philadelphia where in 1853, he apprenticed to a wood engraving firm and sketched designs on blocks.  He also studied with his older brother, Edward, a marine and historical painter, whose studio he shared.

In 1860, he made his first trip heading west, going to Lake Superior.  Shortly after, he and Edward went to England where both brothers were heavily infl   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 26174 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Thomas Moran available:    Albert Bierstadt,  Eanger Irving Couse,  Frederic Sackrider Remington,  Joseph Henry Sharp,  Childe Hassam,  Robert (Henry Cozad) Henri,  George Inness,  Frank Tenney Johnson,  Martin Johnson Heade,  William Leigh,  Ernest Lawson,  Winslow Homer,  Worthington (Thomas) Whittredge,  Oscar Berninghaus,  Jasper Francis Cropsey,  Charles Marion Russell,  William Trost Richards,  Maynard Dixon,  John Frederick Kensett,  Hermann Ottomar Herzog,  Maurice Brazil Prendergast,  Alfred Thompson Bricher,  John French Sloan,  William Merritt Chase



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GREEN RIVER OF WYOMING , 1878

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The Grand Canyon of the Colorado , 1904

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The Cliffs of Green River, Wyoming , 1896

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Mists in the Yellowstone , 1908

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Indian Summer, Green River, WY , 1913

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"Castle Rock, Green River, Wyoming"

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