Saturday 28 July 2012

Thomas Moran - part 2

Thomas Moran (1837 – 1926) originally 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 took residence in New York where he obtained work as an artist. A talented illustrator and colourist, Moran was hired as an illustrator at Scribner's Monthly. During the late 1860s, he was appointed the chief illustrator of the magazine, a position that helped him launch his career as one of the premier painters of the American landscape.

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.

This is part 2 of a 5-part post on the works on the works of Thomas Moran. 
Works appear chronologically, but a number of undated works will be in part 5. For biographical notes on Moran see part 1. 


1871 Gardiner River, Liberty Cap

1871 Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

1871 Great Springs of the Firehole River

1871 Hot Springs of Gardiner River

1871 In the Grand Canyon

1871 Liberty Cap, Clematis Gulch

1871 Sand in the Canyon 
watercolour 14.6 x 25.2 cm

1871 The Devil's Slide, Yellowstone 
watercolour 26 x 17.8 cm

1871 Tower Creek 
watercolour 19.7 x 26.8 cm

1871 Tower Falls

1871 Upper Falls, Yellowstone 
watercolour on paper

1871 Yellowstone Canyon

c1871 Great Springs of the Firehole River 
watercolour 20.6 x 28.3 cm

1872 Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone 
watercolour, gouache on paper 38.1 x 26.7 cm

1872 Big Springs in Yellowstone Park 
watercolour 23.5 x 48.9 cm

1872 Cliffs of the Rio Virgin, South Utah 
watercolour

1872 Cliffs, Green River, Wyoming 
watercolour 15.2 x 27.9 cm

1872 Hot Springs of Gardiner's River 
watercolour 51.4 x 72.7 cm

1872 Hot Springs of the Yellowstone 
oil on canvas 41.1 x 76.2 cm

1872 Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone 
watercolour on paper 36.3 x 26.4 cm

1872 The Devil's Den on Cascade Creek 
watercolour 33.3 x 24.5 cm

1872 The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone 
watercolour 28.6 x 20.3 cm

1872 The Great Hot Springs, Gardiners River 
watercolour 21.9 x 44.8 cm

1872 The Hot Springs of Gardiners River, Upper Pools
 watercolour 29.8 x 21.6 cm

1872 Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone 
watercolour 24.1 x 33.7 cm

1872 Tower Falls 
watercolour

1872 Wyoming Fall, Yellowstone River 
watercolour 33 x 44.4 cm

c1872-75 Summit of the Sierras 
gouache on paper 36 x 25 cm

1873 Cliffs of the Rio Virgin, South Utah 
watercolour

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