In 1872, Yellowstone's unique landscape was deemed worthy of protection and the first national park was established. The impassable terrain was not the focus of the responsible politicians for a long time. In 1871, a survey team set out to explore the west of the USA. Among them the artist Thomas Moran. Born in England, Moran had emigrated with his parents across the ocean when industrial England came into economically difficult times. Thomas Moran drew his inspiration from the works of Turner. Dematerialized paintings, whose effect was based on the play of light and color, were executed with great skill by British artists. In America, the painters around the Hudson River School had redefined the standards of landscape painting. Thomas Cole was the founder of the association and lent a harmonious atmosphere to the development between nature and population.
Thomas Moran was the first painter to capture the enormous canyons and bubbling geysers of the dramatic landscape. It is thanks to his depictions that society's awareness of the protection of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon has become firmly established. Moran achieved more than just depiction. His slightly idealized depictions led society to look at the landscape with a transfigured gaze as well. A talent with which few painters could convince. Moran takes up an aesthetic that is characteristic of the artists of the American East Coast. Like a gentle filter, he lays the artistic impression over the wild and rough landscape in the west of the country. The painting The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone appeals to the viewer through its special coloration. Moran had excellent topographical knowledge, which he takes away from reality through light and color. In his own words, the artist dared to approach the greatest, most beautiful or wonderful thing in nature and presented his works on large canvases. He lovingly called his depiction of the Grand Canyon "my big picture". The Grand Canyon forms a foundation of America's cultural identity. After its completion, Moran's painting found a place in the Capitol and ensured the painter artistic success.
Thomas Moran was at home on the east coast and absorbed the impulses that were influenced by the currents of European art. However, the artist found his motifs on journeys. Moran continued to take part in expeditions through Yellowstone and visited Mexico and Europe. In addition to his impressive landscape views, he tried his hand at depictions of urban life and industrial developments. He colored his sketches with watercolor and let the richness of color flow onto the canvas in his studio. Throughout his life, Moran emphasized how confidently he could bring together from his memory the features of the landscape and the combination of colors in his studio. The painter was productive beyond the age of eighty, leaving behind a body of work of unparalleled scope.
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.jpg "Moonlight in Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River of Wyoming by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Moonlit Shipwreck at Sea by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending Burned His Way along the Heavens by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venice, 1897 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Long Island River by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Miracle of Nature by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1490487).jpg "Fingal’s Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Children of the Mountain by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Summit of the Sierras by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Much Resounding Sea by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Half Dome, Yosemite by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Castle in Scotland, 1910 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, 1905 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Valley of Cuernavaca, 1903 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Forest Glade, Santa Barbara, 1918 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset, Venice; Santa Maria and the Ducal Palace by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venetian Grand Canal, 1889 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset, Pueblo del Walpe, Arizona, 1880 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Landscape by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Rock Towers of the Rio Virgin, 1908 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Juniata, Evening, 1864 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Grand Canal by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunrise—The Pond, Easthampton, Long Island by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-898421).jpg "Mountain Scene by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Woods by a River by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Teton Range by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Tula, the Ancient Capital of Mexico, 1908 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah, 1892 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Grand Canal, Venice, 1905 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "View of Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Juniata, Evening by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset at Sea, 1906 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Juniata, Evening, 1864 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Summer, Amphitheatre, Colorado River, Utah Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Approaching Storm Clouds by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Coast of Florida, 1882 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Niagara—From the Canadian Side by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Upper End of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, near Ogden, Utah, August 13, 1879 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Upper End of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, near Ogden, Utah by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "In the Teton Range, 1899 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Story of the Iceberg by Henry Wolf")
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.jpg "The Arkansas Divide by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Resounding Sea by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Below the Towers of Tower Falls, Yellowstone Park, 1909 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Scene on the Tohickon Creek: Autumn by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Near San Francisco, Mexico, March 1, 1883 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Grand Canal, Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Near San Francisco, Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Side Canyon, Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1915 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Dell, 1878 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Grand Canyon of the Colorado by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Dell by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "On the Berry Trail - Grand Canyon of Arizona by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "In Camp on Soda Butte Creek, Cook City by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Arabian Nights Fantasy by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Rock of Acoma, New Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset Vespers at the Old Rugged Cross by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Bathing Hole, Cuernavaca, Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Arkansas Divide, August 1874 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Hot Springs of Gardiner")
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.jpg "Looking up the Trail at Bright Angel, Grand Canyon, Arizona by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "St. John")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1087545).jpg "The Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mount Holy Cross by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venetian Canal by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River, Wyoming Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunrise—The Pond, Easthampton, Long Island by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Empty Cradle by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Toltec Gorge and Eva Cliff from the West, Colorado by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Caledonia, Stern and Wild by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Golden Hour by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Shin-Au-Av-Tu-Weap God Land, Canyon of the Colorado, Utah Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Index Peak, Clarks Fork, Wyoming by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "View of the Tetons, Wyoming by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Santa Barbara Mission, 1916 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mirror Lake, Yosemite by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Pacific Sunset, 1907 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River, Wyoming Territory, 1879 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Norris by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1126106).jpg "A Summer Morning Coast by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River of Wyoming by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Rapids Above Niagara by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Donner Lake by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1606295).jpg "Tongue River Cliffs (In Camp) by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Lower Fire Hole, Geyser Basin, Yellowstone by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Autumn Scene by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Fan by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset, Amagansett by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Interior of a California Forest (after Thomas Moran) by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunrise—The Pond, East Hampton by Thomas Moran")
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