Thomas Moran was a well-known American landscape painter as well as etcher, wood engraver, lithographer and illustrator of the Hudson River School, as his paintings from the Yellowstone National Park already show.
Born: 12 January 1837 in Bolton, England
Died: 25 August 1926 Santa Barbara
Thomas Moran’s two brothers are also painters. He is, among others, also trained in painting by his elder brother Edward Moran, who is eight years older. Just as much Edward has devoted himself to history painting, Thomas Moran gets famous for his landscape paintings. In the 1860s, he made two journeys to England, Italy and France. The English painter William Joseph Mallord Turner, known for his extraordinary lighting design, has a very important influence on the painter. This colorfulness, which also characterizes Moran's works, is particularly beautiful in his paintings and watercolor pictures of the Yellowstone National Park. The artist travels there in 1871 as a participant of an expedition of the geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, who has set himself the task of exploring the West of the United States. Thomas Moran's landscapes make an important contribution to preserving the unique nature of the Yellowstone, by establishing a national park.
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Oil Paintings