Thomas Moran

by Nancy K. Anderson, Thomas Moran, National Gallery of Art

Describes an exhibit at the National Gallery, the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, and the Seattle Art Museum

Genres: Art

400 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 1997

Reviews

[Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) · Rating 5 out of 5]

While in Washington, D.C., this week, I spent several hours in the National Gallery of Art revisiting much of my favorite art (the American Hudson River School, British landscapes and portraiture, and French Impressionism, etc.). My visit this week made me recall the visit I made in the late 1990s and saw an exhibition at the National Gallery of much of the landscape paintings by Thomas Moran. This book was my 'souvenir' of that visit, and I find myself every couple of years sitting down and paging through this huge coffee-table book and enjoying his artworks all over again. It was this man's paintings that were largely responsible for the establishment of Yellowstone National Park, and Mt. Moran in Grand Teton National Park is named for him as well. Some of his large landscapes hang in the U.S. Congress and in the Main Department of the Interior building. If you're interested in the American Hudson River School of art movement, this collection is a great introduction. 5/5 stars.

[Kim Adamache · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book!

[Laura]

Beautiful paintings by the "Father of the National Parks." One of the most important landscape painters of the late nineteenth century, an early painter of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.