Artist
Thomas Moran
born Bolton, England 1837-died Santa Barbara, CA 1926

- Born
- Bolton, England
- Died
- Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Active in
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Newark, New Jersey, United States
- East Hampton, New York, United States
- Colorado, United States
- Wyoming, United States
- Biography
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.
Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)
Works by this artist (88 items)
Exhibitions
July 14, 2011–January 8, 2012
The exhibition The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation.
October 8, 2021–May 8, 2022
This exhibition brings to life the Venetian glass revival of the nineteenth century on the famed island of Murano and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for artists such as John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler.