Thomas Moran, (American, 1837-1926)
Venice, c. 1890
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Private collection
Moran was especially fond of using Venice as a theme, particularly because its large areas of expressive sky and reflective water were well suited to his interest in creating luminous effects. He wove references to activities along the city's waterways into his compositions, along with buildings, pilings, boats and their reflections. It seems significant to note that this 1890 painting was executed immediately following the two visits he made to the site, in 1886 and 1889. More on this painting
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
on Thomas Moran
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