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 "Moonlit Shipwreck at Sea, 1901 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park, 1914 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Moonlit Shipwreck at Sea by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Moonlight in Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River of Wyoming, 1878 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venice, 1897 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Half Dome, Yosemite by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Fiercely the Red Sun Descending Burned His Way Along the Heavens, 1875-1876 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 "The Much Resounding Sea by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Miracle of Nature by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Long Island River, 1908 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Castle in Scotland, 1910 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Summit of the Sierras by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Children of the Mountain by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1893-1901 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 "Rock Towers of the Rio Virgin, 1908 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah, 1892 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Under the Red Wall, Grand Canyon of Arizona by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Colburn")
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.jpg "The Juniata, Evening by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1126106).jpg "A Summer Morning Coast by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "In the Teton Range, 1899 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Dell by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset at Sea, 1906 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Near San Francisco, Mexico, March 1, 1883 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Story of the Iceberg by Henry Wolf")
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.jpg "Woods by a River by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-898421).jpg "Mountain Scene by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Interior of a California Forest (after Thomas Moran) by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Grand Canal, Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset After a Storm, 1901 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Index Peak, Clarks Fork, Wyoming by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Venetian Grand Canal, 1889 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "An Indian Pueblo by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Juniata, Evening, 1864 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River, Wyoming Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Much Resounding Sea 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 "Autumn Scene by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Approaching Storm Clouds by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "East Hampton, Long Island, Sand Dunes, 1892 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "West Wall of the Canyon, Yellowstone by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River, Wyoming Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "In Camp on Soda Butte Creek, Cook City by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "View of Venice by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Three Mile Harbor, 1884 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 "Western Sunset, 1897 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Tula, the Ancient Capital of Mexico, 1908 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mount Holy Cross by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Mountain Stream, 1869 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Near San Francisco, Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park, 1873 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Passing Shower in the Yellowstone Canyon 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 "Easthampton, Long Island by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Sunset on the Moor, 1880 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Half Dome, Yosemite by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Under the Red Wall, Grand Canyon of Arizona by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Golden Hour by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "On the Berry Trail - Grand Canyon of Arizona by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River Cliffs, Wyoming, 1881 by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1603547).jpg "Goose Creek, Sheridan (Wyoming) by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Hot Spring on Gardener")
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.jpg "Grand Canyon of the Colorado by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Bathing Hole, Cuernavaca, Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Alpine Pass at Cascade, Twin Lakes, Colorado by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Long Island Landscape by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Road in a Mountain Landscape by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River, Wyoming Territory, 1879 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Tetons, Idaho by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Smelting Works at Denver by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Grand Canal by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Grand Canyon of the Colorado River by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Threshing Wheat, New Mexico by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "View from Powell")
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.jpg "Waterhole in the Desert, Utah by Thomas Moran")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-393315).jpg "Tower at Tower Falls, Yellowstone, 1872 by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Basin of San Marco 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 "Summer, Amphitheatre, Colorado River, Utah Territory 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 "A Scene on the Tohickon Creek: Autumn by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Valley of Cuernavaca by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Toltec Gorge, Colorado by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Woodland Pool by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "A Wreck by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "The Teton Range by Thomas Moran")
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.jpg "Green River, Wyoming by Thomas Moran")
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