Thomas Moran (January 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains.

Thomas Moran was the first American painter to capture the grandeur of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Born in England, he immigrated to America as a child and apprenticed to an engraver in Philadelphia.

Thomas Moran was born 12 February 1837 in Bolton, England, not far from Manchester, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Several generations of the Moran family had worked as handloom weavers in Bolton until the introduction of power looms radically changed the industry.

Thomas Moran was one of the most significant North-American painters of the nineteenth century. He was part of the second generation of great US landscape painters, who took the signature style of spiritually-infused naturalism developed by pioneers such as …

May 23, 2018 · Thomas Moran was the chief artist for Scribner’s Monthly, a magazine of literature, art, science, and other national interests. Moran produced vivid pictures for a variety of topics in the magazine, capturing the imagination of the American public.

Thomas Moran (February 12, 1837 – August 25, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School in New York whose work often featured the Rocky Mountains.

One of Moran’s paintings, The Three Tetons, has been exhibited in the White House. The Thomas Moran house is preserved in East Hampton, New York, as a national historic landmark. Moran died at the age of 89 in Santa Barbara, California. His remains were transported to New York, where he is buried.

Thomas Moran was born in 1837 in Bolton, Lancashire to two handloom weavers. The rapid industrialization of nineteenth century England soon mechanized the weaving process and forced Thomas Moran's parents out of their jobs, at which point the whole family was moved to Kensington, Philadelphia, just outside of Philadelphia.

Thomas Moran has long been recognized as one of the premier landscape painters of the 19th century; this catalog accompanied the first-ever retrospective of his work.

Thomas Moran Bridge in the Pass of Glencoe, Scotland, 1888 Thomas Moran Half-Dome, View from Moran Point, 1887 Thomas Moran The Coyote - Arizona, 1880 Thomas Moran A Tower of Cortez - Mexico, 1883 Thomas Moran Green River, Wyoming Territory, 1886 Thomas Moran Mulford’s Orchard, Easthampton, 1883 Thomas Moran Morning on St. John’s, Florida ...