Details
- Term
Thomas Moran
- Alternate Term
Moran, Thomas
- Occupation/Role
artist and illustrator
- Nationality/Ethnicity
born in England, active in United States
- Date
1837-1926
1837-1926
- Remarks
Thomas Moran born in 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. He died in Santa Barbara, California on August 26, 1926.
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