Thomas Moran, American, 1837-1926
Venice (The Splendor of Venice), c. 1899
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 1/8 inches
Private collection
Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25,
1926) from Bolton, England was an American painter and printmaker
of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky
Mountains. Moran and his family, wife Mary Nimmo Moran and daughter Ruth, took
residence in New York where he obtained work as an artist. He was a younger
brother of the noted marine artist Edward Moran, with whom he shared a studio.
A talented illustrator and exquisite colorist, Thomas Moran was hired as an
illustrator at Scribner's Monthly. During the late 1860s, he was appointed the
chief illustrator for the magazine, a position that helped him launch his
career as one of the premier painters of the American landscape, in particular,
the American West.
Moran along with Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Hill, and William
Keith are sometimes referred to as belonging to the Rocky Mountain School of
landscape painters because of all of the Western landscapes made by this
group. More
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