Thomas Moran
Painting, Visual Artist
1837 – 1926
Who was Thomas Moran?
Thomas Moran 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 exquisite colorist, 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.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1837
Bolton - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- Bolton
- Died
- Aug 25, 1926
Santa Barbara
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on July 23, 2013
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